Glover v. Davis

GREENHILL, Justice.

A Texas statute says that “when the insured and the beneficiary in a policy of life or accident insurance have died and there is no direct evidence that they have died otherwise than simultaneously, the proceeds of the policy shall be distributed as if the insured had survived the beneficiary.” 1 In this case, the insured was Weldon M. Glover, who will be sometimes herein referred to as the father. The beneficiary in question is Betty Lou Glover, the older daughter of Glover. Both were in the same automobile accident and died. It was stipulated in the trial court that the…