Malanga v. Royal Indemnity Company

UDALL, Justice.

This matter is before us on petition to review the decision of the Court of Appeals, Division 2, reported in 4 Ariz.App. 150, 418 P.2d 396.

The appellant, Mary M. Ellis Malanga, instituted this action in superior court against the Royal Indemnity Company, seeking to recover $30,000 allegedly due to appellant as beneficiary of an accident insurance policy which the Company had issued to Jack S. Ellis, who at the time of his death was the husband of appellant. The trial court, sitting without a jury, rendered judgment for the Company and the Court of Appeals affirmed.

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