Thompson v. Latimer

Opinion of the Court by

Judge MeCandless

Affirming.

W. M. Thompson died intestate survived by six children as his only heirs at law. A short time before his death he assigned to five of his children a policy of insurance on his life, by having them designated as1 beneficiaries, it having theretofore been payable to his estate. After his death the beneficiaries collected the policy and distributed the proceeds among themselves and the estate was distributed without reference to it. A daughter who was not designated as a beneficiary therein brought this action to surcharge the administrator’s…