1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.W.2d
  4. 881 S.W.2d
  5. 881 S.W.2d 279 (1994)
 

FREDONIA STATE BANK v. AMERICAN LIFE INS.

No. D-3589.

881 S.W.2d 279 (1994)

FREDONIA STATE BANK, Executor of the Estate of Claytor Blake, III, Deceased, et al., Petitioners, v. GENERAL AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 2, 1994.

Rehearing Overruled September 8, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. Lord, C.L. Ray, Austin, K. Scott Brazil, Houston, and L. Giles Rusk, Nacogdoches, for petitioners.

Steven Troy Roper and Linda O. Poland, Lufkin, for respondent.

On Application for Writ of Error to the Court of Appeals for the Twelfth District of Texas.

Justice GONZALEZ delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all Justices join.

The principal issue in this case is whether an insurance company may assert the defense of misrepresentation for statements made in an application not attached to a life insurance policy. In reversing and remanding a jury verdict in favor of an insured, the court of appeals considered...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases