JEFFERSON AMUSEMENT CO. v. LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INS. CO.

No. 26335.

409 F.2d 644 (1969)

JEFFERSON AMUSEMENT COMPANY, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, First National Bank in Dallas, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 30, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Weller, Weller, Wheelus & Green, Beaumont, Tex., B. Jeff Crane, Jr., Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Houston, Tex., Michael Marchese, Jr., Fort Wayne, Ind., for defendant-appellant.

John G. Tucker, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Lawrence L. Beason, Ernest E. Figari, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for appellee, First National Bank in Dallas, Coke & Coke, Dallas, Tex., of counsel.

Before TUTTLE and GEWIN, Circuit Judges, and PITTMAN, District Judge.


PITTMAN, District Judge:

This is an appeal by the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company from a jury verdict and judgment entered by the district court. This suit was brought by Jefferson Amusement Company, Inc. and Texas Goldcoast Television, Inc. to recover the proceeds of two insurance policies. The First National Bank in Dallas, an assignee on a third policy, intervened as a plaintiff after suit was commenced. All three...

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