UNIVERSAL LIFE & ACC. INS. CO. v. FIELDS

No. B-533.

422 S.W.2d 722 (1967)

UNIVERSAL LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Geneva FIELDS, d/b/a Fields Funeral Home, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dibrell, Dibrell & Greer, G. William Rider, Galveston, for petitioner.

Herschel B. Cashin, LaMarque, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff Universal Insurance Company filed this suit in the County Court of Galveston County to rescind an insurance policy in the amount of $500 issued to Emma Taylor. The defendant Fields was assignee of the policy proceeds. Although the insured was deceased at the time of Universal's suit, there was no cross-action for payment of the policy filed by either the beneficiary or Fields.

The trial court overruled defendant's plea to the jurisdiction...

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