Tivis v. Hulsey

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

This was an action to recover a part of the proceeds of certain insurance policies. A jury trial resulted in judgment for plaintiff. The principal defendant has appealed.

The facts may be summarized as follows: Thaddeus Hulsey, hereinafter called the assured, was an employee of Swift & Company for many years. Under a group-insurance plan of that company he took out two policies of $2,000 each in the Aetna Life Insurance Company and named as his beneficiary his wife, Maggie Plulsey. Thereafter, and in October, 1928, Maggie Hulsey died, and in…