Gerald Hughes Patrick Hughes v. William Wheeler, Sr.

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This case comes to us on appeal from a summary judgment entered in a case involving the right to recover the proceeds of a life insurance policy. We affirm the district court 1 in all respects.

I

We review a grant of summary judgment de novo, considering the facts in the light most favorable to the non-moving party. See Chambers v. Metropolitan Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 351 F.3d 848, 852 (8th Cir.2003). Using that standard, the facts of this case can be simply stated: William Wheeler, Jr., and Maureen Hughes were husband and wife, and after William killed his…