American Western Life Insurance Co. v. Hooker

622 P.2d 775 (1980)

AMERICAN WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

Vonice W. HOOKER and Helen M. Mallard, aka Helen Margurite Hooker, Defendants (First Defendant is Respondent; Second Defendant is Appellant).[1]

No. 16596.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 28, 1980.

Earl J. Peck, Joseph L. Henriod, and Stephen L. Henriod, Salt Lake City, for Hooker.

Pete N. Vlahos and Ronald W. Perkins of Vlahos, Knowlton & Perkins, Ogden, for Mallard.

John P. Ashton and John B. Maycock, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.

WILKINS, Justice:

In 1972 Ronald Hooker (hereafter "Ronald"), now…