Herbert v. Haggermaker

HOLMES, Judge.

The instant appeal comes to us from the Circuit Court of Morgan County, Alabama. It involves a contest between deceased husband’s ex-wife, appellee, and his widow, appellant, over the proceeds of a $10,000 life insurance policy. After a hearing ore tenus, the lower court found in favor of the ex-wife, who was the named beneficiary on the policy. From this judgment, the widow appeals.

The dispositive assignment of error of widow-appellant is that the lower court erred in its decree in not finding that the deceased insured had made an inter vivos gift of the policy to appellant…