Beaver Trust Co. v. Kertis

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sadler,

The Northwestern Life Insurance Co. issued, on June 8, 1925, a policy for $5,000 on the life of George A. Kertis, the contract designating his six brothers as beneficiaries, with the right reserved to the insured to change the payees of the proceeds. The insured had the right to make the alteration desired without the consent of the insurer, and an assignment would be valid whether noted on the policy or not, when the clear intention of the decedent to so proceed appeared, for the action of the company in making such an endorsement is ministerial in character:…