Prince v. Bryant

The single issue in this case is whether the trial court abused its discretion in entering judgment in a summary judgment proceeding which imposed a constructive trust on the insurance proceeds for the benefit of decedent’s widow because the decedent removed his wife as beneficiary while a tempo rary order of a family court commissioner was in effect and which had enjoined and restrained the parties from disposing of their property pending a divorce proceeding.

This litigation arises out of an unusual factual situation. Cleon and Marie Prince were married on June 4, 1971. No children were born…