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WESTERN RESOURCES LIFE INS. CO. v. GERHARDT

No. 12552.

553 S.W.2d 783 (1977)

WESTERN RESOURCES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. Alton R. GERHARDT et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward C. Small, Dennis Reese, Small, Craig & Werkenthin, Austin, for appellants.

J. Winston Chapman, J. Terry Weeks, Levbarg, Weeks & Chapman, Austin, for appellees.

SHANNON, Justice.

This is a fraud case. The important question concerns the application vel non of the doctrine of de facto merger.

Appellees1 sued American Business and Commercial Life Insurance Company2 and appellants3 in the district court of Travis County for actual and exemplary damages. After trial to a jury, the district court entered judgment for appellees...

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