Porter v. Garner

PRESLAR, Justice.

Inter-pleader suit by Sam Houston Life Insurance Company to determine the proceeds of a life insurance policy. The insured, Eric D. Porter, sought to change beneficiary under the policy from his sister, Willie Ann Garner, to his former wife, Hazel Pauline Porter. Following his death, both claimed the proceeds of the policy, and the insurer brought this suit against both, paid the proceeds of the policy into the registry of the court, and sought its discharge from liability. From a judgment of the court, sitting without a jury, in favor of the original named beneficiary,…