COOLEY v. COOLEY

No. 4663.

503 S.W.2d 604 (1973)

Mary H. COOLEY, guardian, Appellant, v. Doris COOLEY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied December 28, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry C. Gilmore, Green, Gilmore, Crutcher, Rothpletz & Burke, Dallas, Beck Smith, Houston, for appellant.

Roland C. Anderson, Strasburger, Price, Kelton, Martin & Unis, John B. Tolle, Asst. Dist. Atty., Prentice Wilson, Larry M. Lesh, Locke, Purnell, Boren, Laney & Neely, Dallas, for appellee.


RALEIGH BROWN, Justice.

Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York brought an interpleader action to determine the proper beneficiary under a policy of life insurance issued on the life of Melvin K. Cooley. The defendants were Mrs. Doris Cooley, the named beneficiary, Mary Helen Cooley as guardian of the estates of three minors and Sedco, Inc. and Sedco Persia, Inc., assignees of a portion of the insurance policy. Mary Helen Cooley contended that Doris Cooley should...

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