Guillory v. Aetna Life Insurance Co.

DIES, Chief Justice.

In 1968 appellant Ruthie Lee Guillory began living with Oren Guillory, in the latter’s home in Beaumont. They had two children. In March 1974, after a beating by Oren, Ruthie Lee Guillory moved to a rent house in another part of the city. It was dangerous to go out at night in this section. On June 28, 1974, between 2 a. m. and 3 a. m. Ruthie Lee Guillory heard a noise on the back porch and saw the back door being opened. Oren had been by a few hours before then, but they talked through the window. She says she challenged the intruder and getting no answer she fired a…