Legal Opinion
Western & Southern Life Insurance v. Nagel
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided May 10, 1918PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from Campbell Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Sampson
Eeversing.
A wife wlio is named beneficiary in a policy of insurance on the life of ber husband, and who obtains *477a divorce from him, can not thereafter keep the policy alive by paying the annual premiums thereon, because she has no insurable interest in the lifo of her divorced husband. Western & Southern Life Insurance Company v. Webster, 177 Ky. 444; Western & Southern Life Insurance Co. v. (Trims’ Admr., 138 Ky. 338; Shauberger v. Morel’s Admr., 168 Ky. 368.
This rule applies to the nominal wife as well as to one lawfully married and afterwards divorced.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Schauberger v. Morel's AdministratorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
- Mitchell v. PrattCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
- Western & Southern Life Ins. v. Grimes' Admr.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
3Cited by5 opinions
- Inter-Southern Life Ins. Co. v. StephensonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
- Cooper's Adm'r v. Lebus' Adm'rsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1935
- Milliken v. Haner & Equitable Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
- Commonwealth Life Ins. Co. v. Wood's Adm'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1936
- Wiggins v. New York Life Ins. Co.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1932