HARRIS v. TRAVELERS INS. CO.

No. 7698.

80 F.2d 127 (1935)

HARRIS et al. v. TRAVELERS INS. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 5, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. S. Bracewell, of Houston, Tex., for appellants.

Albert P. Jones, of Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before FOSTER and SIBLEY, Circuit Judges, and DAWKINS, District Judge.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The suit is upon a policy of life insurance issued by Travelers Insurance Company payable to the executors, administrators, or assigns of the insured, David Harris. Each side moved for an instructed verdict and the court instructed it for the insurer and the plaintiffs appeal. The case turns mainly upon the effect of two writings, one an "inspection receipt" held by the insurance company and signed by Harris which reads: "March 11, 1931. Received...

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