Case Name: BANKERS PROTECTIVE LIFE INS. Co. v. MOZINGO
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1938-10-29
Citations: 127 S.W.2d 525
Docket Number: No. 12668
Parties: BANKERS PROTECTIVE LIFE INS. Co. v. MOZINGO.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 127
Pages: 525–525

Head Matter:
BANKERS PROTECTIVE LIFE INS. Co. v. MOZINGO.
No. 12668.
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Dallas.
Oct. 29, 1938.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 26, 1938.
G. R. Lipscomb, of Fort Worth, for appellant.
■ Touchstone, Wight, Gormley & Price, of Dallas, and William V. Brown, of Tex-arkana, for appellee.

Opinion:
BOND, Chief Justice.
A beneficiary of a life policy is the person designated, by the terms of the contract as the one to receive the proceeds of the insurance; he is not a party tp the contract — only the recipient of its proceeds. The defendant not being a party to the fraud alleged, she cannot, because of fraud committed by the insured, be sued to cancel the policy out of the forum of her own domicile against a plea of privilege: While fraud may vitiate an insurance policy on trial of the case on its merits against both the insured and the beneficiary, yet, it is not available to avoid the domestic jurisdiction of one not a party to the fraud. First Nat. Bank of Coleman v. Gates et al., Tex.Civ.App., 213 S.W. 720; Krueger v. Waugh, Tex.Civ.App., 261 S.W. 196. The appeal being one of venue originating in the county court, under article. 1873, R.S., we are not required to announce in writing our conclusions and, for reasons aptly stated by Judge Bickett in Associated Indemnity Corporation et al. v. Gatling, Tex.Civ.App., 75 S.W.2d 294, we forego burdening the record and law books with an extended written opinion. Judgment of • the court below is affirmed.
Affirmed.