Travelers Insurance Company v. Thompson

Murphy, Justice.

This is an appeal from a denial by the Ramsey County District Court of appellant insurance companies’ motion for summary judgment. Appellants sought declaratory relief with regard to their liabilities on a number of insurance policies purchased by respondent, T. Eugene Thompson, on the life of his deceased wife, whom he was convicted of murdering. The district court certified as important and doubtful the question of whether Thompson’s 1963 conviction of first-degree murder of his wife is conclusive so as to bar his claim as a beneficiary of the insurance policies. The facts…