Atlas Life Ins. Co. v. Standfier

HALL, Chief Justice.

The appellant insurance company issued its policy for $5,000 on March 8, 1932, upon the life of Mrs. Lula Standfier, the wife of appellee. The policy provided that in the event of her death two-fifths of the amount-due should be paid to appellee, her husband, and one-fifth to each of her three children. The wife died on September 23, 1933, at Lubbock, Tex.

The appellee filed suit, alleging that the other named beneficiaries, viz., the children, were not made parties because they were bona fide residents-of the state of Oklahoma and beyond the jurisdiction of the court, and…