Murdock v. Nelms
Supreme Court of Virginia
1Opinion of the CourtHarman, J.
This is an appeal from the action of the trial court in holding that Nancy Norma Nelms (Nancy) had effectively changed her beneficiary of certain life insurance and retirement benefits and in refusing to impress a resulting trust on the funds which later became payable therefrom in favor of Betty Nelms Murdock (Betty), who was the beneficiary prior to such changes.
In the trial court factual issues of Nancy’s mental capacity and of fraud and undue influence on the part of Allen T. Nelms (Allen) were raised. It is sufficient to say that these factual issues were resolved against Betty by the…
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