Daniels v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

Appellant was the beneficiary of a life insurance policy issued by appellee company upon the life of appellant’s father, Dread Daniels. He died on December 10, 1932, when she was seventeen years of age. This policy contained a provision as follows: “When the beneficiary is a minor and the right to change the beneficiary has not been reserved, the insured cannot dispose of the policy during the beneficiary’s minority.

“When the death of the insured occurs during the minority of the beneficiary, a guardian must be appointed to collect the insurance for the minor.”

Appellant’s…