Albert B. Luckey, Jr. v. Arline Mae Luckey

BURGER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents issues relating to the steps necessary to effect a change in beneficiary of an allegedly lost life insurance policy which, by its terms, prescribed that such a change would not become effective until it was endorsed by the insurer on the original policy or on a duplicate policy issued after proof of loss of the original. The District Court entered summary judgment in favor of appellee Arline Mae Luckey, the person in whose favor the change was sought to be made, and awarded attorney’s fees and costs to the insurer, Aetna Life Insurance Company, on…