Hafey v. Hafey

On August 17 th, 1920, the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York issued a policy in the sum of $20,000 upon the life of Edwin Hafey. The policy was made payable to “his executors, administrators or assigns” and contained a provision wherein the insured reserved the right to change beneficiary.

The insured died intestate on or about January 7, 1921 leaving as his heirs at law, his wife, two sons and two daughters. The children were of the following ages: twenty years, seventeen years, fifteen years and eleven years. On the petition of the widow, Robert Hafey, a brother of the decedent, was…