Life Insurance Co. of the Southwest v. Overstreet

603 S.W.2d 780 (1980)

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF the SOUTHWEST, Petitioner,

v.

Jacquei Mae OVERSTREET, Respondent.

No. B-8549.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 25, 1980.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1980.

Brown, Herman, Scott, Dean & Miles, Richard E. Miles and J. Shelby Sharpe, Fort Worth, for petitioner.

Herrick & Waltrip, John W. Herrick, Fort Worth, for respondent.

POPE, Justice.

Plaintiff, Jacquei Mae Overstreet, sued Life Insurance Company of the Southwest to recover $100,000 as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy on the life of her husband, Maxie Overstreet. The trial court and the court of…