Murphy v. Gibson

BEATTY, Justice.

Appeal by Mrs. Bettie Murphy from an adverse judgment in her declaratory judgment action which determined the beneficiary of certain pension plan death benefits of her late husband, Nasren Murphy, Jr. That judgment declared that Mary Gibson, defendant-appellee, was the lawful beneficiary of those benefits. We affirm.

The plaintiff, Bettie Murphy, married Nasren Murphy, Jr., on January 25, 1979. At that time, her husband was employed at Wood-Fruitticher Grocery Company, where he was employed as a delivery man until his death on June 3, 1983.

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