Legal Opinion
United Services Life Insurance Company v. Delaney
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 1, 1965No. A-10671PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORVELL, Justice.
This is a suit for a declaratory judgment brought under the provisions of the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act (Article 2524 — 1, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Stats.) by United Services Life Insurance Company against Joan Flores Delaney, the beneficiary named in an insurance policy issued by United Services covering the life of her deceased husband, Robert H. Delaney. The trial court dismissed the suit for want of jurisdiction. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed, holding that under the facts and circumstances of this case, the suit was one instituted for the purpose of procuring an…
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