West v. Rudd

Birdsong, Judge.

This appeal arises out of the grant of a summary judgment resulting in denial of an insurance claim. The facts show that in 1971 John Rudd took out a family policy of life insurance in the amount of $5,000 with double indemnity for accidental death. The policy also provided for insurance coverage for the insured’s wife and each child or afterborn child born to the insured and the insured’s wife. At no point in the policy is a .beneficiary named except as "the insured’s wife.” As a family policy, it provided for the insuring of children, even though the insured Rudd had no…