Uckerman v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Co.

ELLETT, Chief Justice:

This case comes to us on appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of respondent. The facts that led to the trial court’s ruling are summarized herein.

Peter Tom Uckerman, son of appellant, was killed in a knifing incident on October 3, 1976. A document dated September 6, 1976, was found in his wallet which read as follows:

To Whom It May Concern

Dearest Mother:

I, Peter Tom Uckerman, request if anything would happen to me, I would like Peter Sam Uckerman, my son, to be my beneficiary and my mother, Pete M. Uck-erman, to be also my beneificary [sic] too. I would like…