Baker v. Mays & Mays

SPEER, Justice.

This suit had its origin in Coimty Court at Law No. One, Tarrant County, when Reliable Life Insurance Company filed a petition termed “an interpleader,” asserting that it had previously issued its policy of insurance on the life of John T. Hill, that insured was dead and that it desired to pay the face value of the policy of $500 to the one entitled to receive same.

The petition named as defendants Annie P. Hill, a widow, and James N. Baker d. b. a. Baker Funeral Home, Plaintiff alleged that it had been furnished with a written assignment of the policy by Annie P. Hill, the…