BROWN v. LEE

No. 4045.

362 S.W.2d 381 (1962)

Mrs. Lorraine BROWN and Sharon Brown, Appellants, v. Norman A. LEE, Independent Executor of the Estate of Mrs. Norman A. (Marie) Lee, Deceased et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fanning, Billings, Harper, Pierce & Gilley, Turner, Rodgers, Winn, Scurlock & Terry, John H. McElhaney, Dallas, for appellants.

Knox W. Sherrill, John W. Collins, Jr., O. O. Touchstone and John B. Webster, Dallas, for appellee.


WILSON, Justice.

Insured and his wife, who was the life insurance beneficiary, died intestate and without children in a common disaster. Admittedly, there is no evidence they died otherwise than simultaneously. The policies on the husband's life were purchased with community funds.

The administrator of the estate of insured and his wife listed one-half of the proceeds of the life insurance policies as an asset of each estate in the inventory and list of claims...

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