Marshall v. Marshall

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This appeal presents the question whether James Edward Marshall effected a change in beneficiary in a group life insurance policy. Originally the named beneficiary was the appellee, Mary Jane Marshall, mother of James Edward Marshall. The appellant, Idell McCall Marshall, is the surviving widow of James Edward Marshall, and contends that her now deceased husband had effectively named her as the policy’s beneficiary. The trial court rendered summary judgment holding that the appellee mother was the beneficiary, hence this appeal by the widow.

The decedent, James Edward…