SMITH v. TENNESSEE LIFE INS. CO.

No. 17895.

618 S.W.2d 829 (1981)

Walter A. SMITH, Appellant, v. TENNESSEE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

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

May 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bettye J. Lambert, Branch, Beller & Lambert, Houston, for appellant.

Ronald E. Cook, Baker & Botts, Houston, for appellee.

Before COLEMAN, C. J., and PEDEN and EVANS, JJ.


COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

Walter A. Smith, appellant, sued Tennessee Life Insurance Company, appellee, to recover the proceeds on a policy of life insurance issued to Darwin A. Smith. The trial court entered a taking nothing judgment based on a jury verdict that Darwin A. Smith had committed suicide. Smith attacks the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury verdict. He further asserts that the court erred in admitting opinion testimony of experts that the deceased...

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