SIMON v. DIBBLE

No. 14273.

380 S.W.2d 898 (1964)

Harold G. SIMON et al., Appellants, v. William K. DIBBLE, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver & Oliver, John Hagy, Jr., San Antonio, for appellants.

Bruce Waitz, Morris L. Collins, V. H. McFarland, San Antonio, for appellee.


MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This suit presents the question of whether or not an insane husband who shoots and kills his wife, may receive the proceeds of insurance policies taken out by her with him as beneficiary, and whether or not he may inherit her share of the community property. On November 12, 1962, Orlando V. Dibble, Jr., while insane, shot and killed his wife, Sabina Julia Dibble. She left two insurance policies in which he was the beneficiary, and the insurance...

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