GREAT NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. LEGG

No. 6022.

444 S.W.2d 324 (1969)

GREAT NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY and Western Republic Life Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Betty Jewell LEGG, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied September 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atwell, Malouf & Musselwhite, Anthony Atwell, Dallas, Clark, Thomas, Harris, Denius & Winters, E. Barham Bratton, Mary Joe Carroll, J. Sam Winters, Austin, for appellants.

Warren Burnett, Bob Hoblit, Jerry Childs, Odessa, for appellee.


OPINION

FRASER, Chief Justice.

The statement and nature of the case is, briefly, as follows: This case involves the commonly-called "double indemnity clause" in these two life insurance polices, by which the companies agree to pay to the beneficiary a specified amount in addition to the amount payable according to the terms of the policy "if the death of the insured results solely from bodily injury caused directly, exclusively and independently of all other...

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