Legal Opinion
Reserve Life Insurance Co. v. Estate of Shacklett
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 2, 1967No. 262PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELLERS, Justice.
Reserve Life Insurance Company brought this suit against the Estate of William E. Shacklett et al. to cancel a certain policy of life insurance on the life of William E. Shacklett because of alleged fraud in securing the same by making false answers to the application.
The policy was issued on June 4, 1963, and Mr. Shacklett died on May 18, 1965.
The defendants denied the allegations in plaintiff’s petition, and by cross-action Mrs. Shacklett, as beneficiary in the policy, sought to recover the face value of the insurance provided for in the policy. In answer to the…
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- Southland Life Ins. Co. v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Universal Life & Accident Ins. Co. v. LedezmaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1933
- American Nat. Ins. Co. v. ValenciaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
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