Simon v. Dibble

MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This suit presents the question of whether or not an insane husband who shoots and kills his wife, may receive the proceeds of insurance policies taken out by her with him as beneficiary, and whether or not he may inherit her share of the community property. On November 12, 1962, Orlando V. Dibble, Jr., while insane, shot and •killed his wife, Sabina Julia Dibble. She left two insurance policies in which he was •the beneficiary, and the insurance companies have paid into court the proceeds of these policies with the request that the court determine who should receive…