Cantu v. Southern Life & Health Insurance Co.

BARROW, Justice.

Appellants, Merced Cantu and Josefina Cantu, filed suit on a life insurance policy in the amount of $500.00, providing for double indemnity for accidental death. Ap-pellee insurance company contended that the policy in question had lapsed for nonpayment of premium prior to the death of appellants’ son, the insured. At the conclusion of appellants’ case, the trial court granted appellee’s motion for instructed verdict and rendered judgment for ap-pellee.

Appellee, in its brief, seeks to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction on two grounds: appellants executed an…