GIVENS v. GIRARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

No. 17819.

480 S.W.2d 421 (1972)

Weedoll GIVENS, Appellant, v. GIRARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, and Edna P. Morris, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1972.

Second Rehearing Denied May 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Ellis, Jr., Carrington, Coleman, Sloman, Johnson & Blumenthal, Dallas, for appellant.

Charles A. Girand, James H. Walker, Dallas, for appellees.


GUITTARD, Justice.

Girard Life Insurance Company filed this interpleader action to determine ownership of insurance proceeds on the life of Walter Morris, deceased. The petition names as defendants Weedoll Givens, the designated beneficiary, and Edna Morris, widow of the insured. The principal question is whether designation by the husband of an unrelated person as beneficiary of life insurance purchased with community funds is constructive fraud on the wife.

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