American Nat. Ins. Co. v. Garcia

Appellee sought a judgment against appellant on a policy on the life of her husband, Anacleto G. Garcia, deceased, in the sum of $500. The jury returned a verdict for $375 as attorney’s fees, and judgment for $935 was rendered by the county court in favor of ap-pellee, being for the amount of the policy, penalties, and attorney’s fees. The defense was that Anacleto G. Garcia was not dead. That issue -was not submitted to the jury. The jury found that the deceased had gone to Mexico in 1922 and had not returned.

' The court submitted to the,jury three issues, first, as to whether Anacleto…