Lindsey v. Johnson

The Probate Court found “that the act of Carl M. Johnson, as guardian, in naming the estate of his ward, Susan Sellers, as beneficiary of her policy * * * was void.” The order of the court was “that said exceptions be, and they are hereby sustained and said administrator is ordered to correct and amend his inventory and appraisal by excluding therefrom the following assets: cash proceeds from The Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company, policy No. 820-927 in the total sum of $1,912.37.” That court, in the course of its opinion, said:

“The question in the main is whether the guardian could, under…