American Foundation Life Insurance v. Wampler

Conley Byrd, Justice.

Appellee Mary Willodean Wampler brought this action against appellant American Foundation Life Insurance Company to recover as a beneficiary upon a life insurance policy on her son Jimmy Wayne Wampler. The Company defended upon the ground that James E. Wampler as the “premium payor” had changed the beneficiary to eliminate appellee as a beneficiary. The Company, having paid the proceeds of the policy to cross-appellant James E. Wampler, brought him into the controversy upon a third party complaint to recover any proceeds that may have been wrongfully paid to him under the…