Bethea v. National Casualty Company

ANDERSON, Justice.

The appeal is from a judgment that the plaintiff take nothing in a suit on an insurance policy to recover for the accidental death of Billy Gene Bethea, the assured. The suit was brought by the administratrix of the decedent’s estate, since no beneficiary was named in the policy. The defendant answered by general denial. The case was tried to the court, without a jury. The plaintiff duly perfected her appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals at Dallas, and the case was then transferred to this court by the Supreme Court.

Only two questions are before us: Was Billy Gene Bethea…