Daugherty v. WICKES CORPORATION

Emil Hildebrandt died in 1965, some 2-1/2 years after being divorced. Henrietta Daugherty, his sister, was appointed administratrix of his estate. This lawsuit is a dispute between the administratrix and Mary Ann Skimson, the divorced wife of Emil Hildebrandt. The dispute originally concerned the proceeds of a group life insurance policy as well as the proceeds of a deferred profit-sharing plan, both of which the deceased had acquired through an arrangement offered by his employer, The "Wickes Corporation. Union Mutual Life Insurance Company, the remaining defendant, is the insurer under the…