MASSACHUSETTS MUT. LIFE INS. CO. v. MAYES

No. 20077.

592 S.W.2d 393 (1979)

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Mattie Emmaline MAYES, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry P. Jones, Eugene W. Brees, II, Thompson & Knight, Dallas, for appellant.

Bradford D. Corrigan, Jr., Taylor, Mizell, Price, Corrigan & Smith, Dallas, for appellee.

Before GUITTARD, C. J., and ROBERTSON and HUMPHREYS, JJ.


GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

This suit concerns the validity of two contracts of life insurance. After death of the insured, the insurance company sued the beneficiary for a declaratory judgment rescinding the contracts on the ground that the insured failed to inform the company that material conditions affecting his health had changed after he signed the applications for the policies and before the policies were delivered to him. The company also alleged that the contracts...

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