Aetna Life Insurance v. Worpell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This was an action filed by an insurance company to ascertain to whom it should pay the benefits of two insurance policies. Judgment was in favor of the wife of insured at the time of his death. A former wife appeals.

The insured had two policies with plaintiff company, each in the amount of $1,250. These were issued on October 28, 1925. At first his father was the beneficiary in one and his mother in the other. On December 6, 1926, he married Edna Bell Worpell and *167subsequently she was made beneficiary in each of the policies. During the…