Legal Opinion
Vellines v. Ely
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 13, 1947No. Record No. 3142PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, C. J.
These matters are not in dispute:
Delma Little and Casper C. Vellines were married on November 16, 1909. On March 13, 1917, Mr. Vellines procured from the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States a policy in the sum of $1,000, and on April 11, 1921, he procured from it another for $1,000 and on the same day another in the sum of $4,000. In each of these policies the then wife, Delma L. Vellines, was named as beneficiary. In each of these policies this appears:
“If the right to change the beneficiary has been reserved and there is no written assignment of this policy on file with…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cohen v. SamuelsSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Reid v. DurborawCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1921
- Smith v. ColemanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1945
3Cited by8 opinions
- Southerland v. Estate of SoutherlandSupreme Court of Virginia · 1995
- Wallihan v. HughesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1954
- Kurtz v. DicksonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1953
- Lincoln National Life Insurance v. JohnsonDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1999
- Wallace v. Crawford (In re Meyers)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. North Carolina · 2012
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