Harrel's Administrator v. Harrel

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Stanley

Affirming in part and reversing in part.

There are two issues to be determined on this appeal: (1) Who is entitled to the proceeds of a $10,000 insurance policy; and (2) the validity of an attempted disposition of property in anticipation of early death? To answer the first question it is necessary to decide whether an insurance policy should under the evidence be reformed, or whether there was a valid parol assignment of the policy. The second one requires a decision whether there was a gift causa mortis or a nuncupative will.

We may observe at the…