FIELDS v. UNIVERSAL LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO.

No. 15059.

424 S.W.2d 704 (1968)

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

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herschel B. Cashin, of La Marque, for appellant.

Dibrell, Dibrell & Greer, G. William Rider, of Galveston, for appellee.


COLEMAN, Justice.

ON REMAND FROM SUPREME COURT

This is a suit to cancel an insurance policy. The question to be determined is whether such a suit filed by an insurance company within two years after the policy was issued amounted to a contest within the meaning of the incontestable clause contained in the insurance policy where citation was issued promptly, but was not served until after two years had elapsed from the date of the policy.

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