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NEWSOME v. ST. PAUL MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 16063.

331 S.W.2d 497 (1960)

W. T. NEWSOME, Appellant, v. ST. PAUL MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

January 22, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mayfield & Atkins and Bill Atkins, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Cantey, Hanger, Johnson, Scarborough & Gooch, Fort Worth, for appellee St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co.

Woodruff, Morgan, Woodruff & Nobles, and Wm. A. Nobles, Decatur, for appellee Dorothy Newsome Fleece.

RENFRO, Justice.

The question presented in this appeal is whether Mrs. Fleece, formerly Mrs. Newsome, is entitled to share in the proceeds of a fire insurance policy.

Mr. Newsome and Mrs. Fleece were divorced on May 2, 1958. No disposition was made of the community property.

On September 8, 1958, Newsome was issued a fire insurance policy on a house he and Mrs. Fleece had acquired as community property during their marriage. The premium was paid entirely...

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