GREAT SOUTHWEST LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. HENSON

No. 5732.

401 S.W.2d 89 (1966)

GREAT SOUTHWEST LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Doretha James HENSON, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied March 9, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fowler & Donk and Terry K. Donk, Odessa, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, Robert W. Porter, Dallas, for appellant.

Charles Winston and John Howze, Odessa, for appellee.


PRESLAR, Justice.

This is a suit upon an alleged contract of life insurance, based upon an application for a policy of life insurance and a "binding receipt" issued by the insurance company in connection with such application. The applicant, Henry Henson, died before the policy was issued, and suit was brought by his named beneficiary against the insurer, Great Southwest Life Insurance Company. Trial was to a jury and, based on the jury's verdict, judgment was for...

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