Estate of Boyd

Whether Beatrice Boyd is entitled to have her claim allowed will depend on the interpretation to be given to the following provision in the divorce judgment:

“6. . . . and the name of Beatrice M. Boyd, the plaintiff herein, shall be inserted as beneficiary in Policy No. C-0651-9765 with the Equitable Life Assurance Society for two thousand dollars ($2,000).”

The aforesaid provision in the divorce judgment was taken verbatim from a property stipulation which Beatrice Boyd and her then husband entered into during the divorce proceedings.

The learned trial court concluded that the claim of Beatrice…