Whiteselle v. Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co.
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Sixth Supreme Judicial District. Action by Carrie B. Shook against the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. From a judgment of the Court off Civil Appeals (188 S. W. 22) reversing and rendering a judgment in favor of J. E. Whiteselle, executor of the estate oí plaintiff, the latter having died after the suit was brought, the executor brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
McCLENDON, j.
Carrie B. Shook sued the Northwestern' Mutual Life Insurance Company for the alleged conversion of a policy of insurance issued by it upon the life of her husband, J. O. Shook. The Court of Civil Appeals, Sixth District, reversed and rendered in favor of the-insurance company a judgment of the trial court in favor of Whiteselle, executor of the estate of Carrie B. Shook, the latter having died after the suit was brought. 188 S. W. 22.
The question in the case is whether Carrie B. Shook retained any interest in the policy after being divorced from her husband. The pertinent facts…
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