Wilkie v. Philadelphia Life Insurance

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Chiep Justice Stabler.

This action was brought to recover $3,000.00, the proceeds of a policy of insurance issued by the defendant company on the life of one Eulela H. Otis, who died on April 20, 1936. The plaintiffs are the sisters of the deceased and claim such proceeds as substituted beneficiaries; the defendant, Barbara H. O. Griffin, contends that she is entitled, as the designated beneficiary in the policy, to the fund in question, and challenges the validity of the substitution sought to be made by her mother, the insured.

The cause was…