OATES v. HODGE

No. 05-85-01070-CV.

713 S.W.2d 361 (1986)

Evelyn OATES (Hodge), Appellant, v. Dorothy HODGE and Louisa Shelley Hodge, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

May 22, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick S. Adams, Graham, Bright & Smith, Dallas, for appellant.

David B. Winston, Dallas, Bruce Abraham, Marshall, for appellees.

Before GUITTARD, C.J., and AKIN and HOWELL, JJ.


AKIN, Justice.

Evelyn Oates appeals from a judgment, after trial to the court, which denied her recovery of the benefits under a group policy of insurance on the life of Alvin Hodge and awarded them instead to Louisa Shelley Hodge and Dorothy Hodge, the decedent's ceremonial wife and his daughter by a prior marriage. Oates brings two points of error, asserting that: (1) the trial court failed to apply the proper law to...

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