Ballard v. Ballard

GANNON, Justice.

Betty Lynn Ballard, a minor, brings this suit through her mother and guardian, Jessie Ballard Saunders, to impress a trust in her favor upon the proceeds of a $13,000 life insurance policy which her deceased father, Harrell C. Ballard, carried with The Equitable Assurance Society of the United States. The defendant in the suit is Delbert Ballard, plaintiff’s paternal uncle. Delbert Ballard was designated the beneficiary in the policy and has collected its face amount. He claims the proceeds of the policy as his own, free of any beneficial interest in the plaintiff, Betty Lynn…