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OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Bon. ceo. II. ahappard 

cmp8rellu a rnbllr Ao*oancr 

Auaut, ruar 

Deer Sl?f 

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Ron. 060. il. sh*ppumi, p8go 2 

l ub j*oor t, l mQf*too , the l r o mp tior oo ~O,o o O., 4 8 pro Tido4 

in the 8tr tutTour o . quortloa 181 Dow the l tatato hare the 

l uao l pplioatioa uadu l~on8leal fart*, oroopt tkat tho beaoii010ry 18 not the wife, but 8 tn1r4 puson. 

X0 proooed to aww6r your fn~uiry upon tha aosweptiw tht thoro is no quortion OS insurable intorest hvo~tod. 

In Bl*rkrra l t 8l. t. mea, l upre tIio omut v88 not 081104 

opw to m** urwtly 

a l a r o fuLna Un& o f th *s" l l OH w4 tha noooa adraw 

n tho quorhm propound04 by yo~u, but 

b the 

oa\pt for tho oo*oluoloa yorehod loads ub to the lnovito i lo 

l oaolor~oa .$h& Ub ?ul* uouU bo tha saao it l 

d 

~114 to tlio 

l ou hots eltborseQ tbo boabZloluy was l th 

wt tho wit. o t tab 6ooo do nt l Poor the wko of .l%~w:&oto 

that portton of Art1010 ~7117, aeondsd ia 1939, hero un4or oonriauat~oa, whioh 10 80 r0uff8t 

?. . . ineluding pm 

@ o wu Of l &7@J&tf8Wt 

arty I)ao*inb uador * so**r*l 

o x @jl ?8 SOU by tho boodeat by till, 

laoldla the p~o43a6do of llfo in*uranoo~ to #m l rtmt 

of the amount rsooirabl* by the rxe$@to? or l dtinl*trator 

ns &murweo-rusdor pollal 

EiBd t0 the 

us (&O,OOC) or tho mount noelr*blo by 

all other knotisluloo 08 laopreaoo cmdrr poltolo8 takoa 

out by the I*soctent upn hi8 om lif*.” (28pheots ours) 

Iwtioe Bbarp, la thr owo of Bluktm* l % al. V. 

hwon, s~pru, statsd a8 fellcnrrt 

*It is ronAlly sun thhrt thr rerding ot tko to&r*1 

otatato urd t&o run&mat of the Stat0 rt*t*to k artioally ldontiosl. boron bbr 1939 uondrrmt of Art P 018 

7117, *upr*, tbe F*Aorrl strtuto &ad bws 0oa8trr#rd by 

the Unit+4 States Suproam Court la Lea8 v. Coai8oionor 

0r fnt0s38a mww, 304 v. 8. 264, 22 t. 24, 1331. fa 

th&t W80 the 8U r#lne court Bf the vntto4 me%** h4 besore 

it l o a so la vo lt L the wao rwts w lwo involvo&. ski 

preporty right0 of tha putlea wuo govunod by the lama 

of tho state ot ~robia(to~, x&ore the oamawlty preporty 

la w ww, w4 io , in ioroo . Thhr l owt hold in that l aoo 

thrt oaly ono~h*lf of the p?ewmd* of l polioy iO8ti 

rrtsr tho mrri*go on CBS doowed~o llfr, th* rite bolag 

tho solo benotleiary, *ad all pron%uuar, hrtiw booa pal6 

mm ooarnuaity fuads, till be ooaputoa lor tizrr IS * part 

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its b810ia~ l elol~ 8)0a Sk* wrbly ot the t8dan1 ut itstii, 

a n& tko o o ut wla , p a a 883 . l t tko l p i8b a l 
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'%a ir.thw 4ea1wo4byth08O)Nmo Ooart Ott&* 

Vnitod StqtwtbAt 

tuo of ~oo*lwt’* 

whuop?mduue 

uwrwm p-?wwd8 

80x pupwu. Or to oxymm It ia uothu my, tha oourt bol4 

that ootritkota84~ tho who10 p?omItm I hats ken pald ritk 

zt tmds, that yortlon ot the 

WI 

ro 6li 

is's &li ot tk 

m 80 paid be&a&a 

d not oHmto u luwmnao 

Vokw out by the cLeoo&o8t=, *a6 o heubo l4 l relrll.4. 

In the owe Of Do L4pQo 1. ca!ns*8iomr, ll> t. (34) 

u, uirly f?e~ the loualty @reyorty rteto of latisiru, the 

uu?t )rl(l, psgo 91: 

wtato taxa on the 

prop eror ty w l -ity property. x* l lthor 11~00, It tlro 

IF 

PY hum booa M4 ou% et l aualty funds, the rite 

paid on koltottbo oostottho Iarwuoo an4tb. 

dwodoat A&o puI4 tlu other bat.* 

we th lnth br SUY l oaolorio~ ma l x~~s.4 b the 

l ~oo of mt*to et ahoua Uoody, Moouod, et ol. ve Oeadooloaor, 

trm our stats, ~sod m by tho Boor4 ot Tax A#pwtr. X* 

bri&, tire Mud ot Tax Appuls ~eOlar04 thot the pomrt%o8 ot 

the pruooda 

talP 

4 tor b y prr iwo , r hethu tr w l o p ua tOo ? 

l ml ty 8, l hul& ba Qlro IUISPTI et the muat ot lnwuWI@ to b* lnrluA.4 ln the #t*to of hoti** for OOtatO 88X 

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