Fifth Circuit· 11/15/1941

Griffin v. McCoach

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123 F.2d 550
1941 U.S. App. LEXIS 2768

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“The [insurable interest] rule in Texas is for the protection of the lives of its citizens.”
assignees of insured’s former business partners and life insurance beneficiaries did. not have insurable interest
“The [insurable interest] rule in Texas is for the protection of the lives of its citizens.”
“[W]e have no reason to think that the courts of Texas would permit citizens of other states to speculate upon the death of one of its citizens by means of contracts made without the state when the same is forbidden within its territorial limits.”
“[W]e have no reason to think that the courts of Texas would permit citizens of other states to speculate upon the death of one of its citizens by means of contracts made without the state when the same is forbidden within its territorial limits.”

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Judges: Foster, Hutcheson, and Holmes, Circuit Judges

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