Roberts v. Dempsey

Alfred Thompson died August 19,1943 and the public administrator (hereinafter for convenience referred to as the administrator) was appointed to administer his estate. Shortly thereafter Henry C. Roberts, the president of a waiter’s union, of which Thompson was a member, delivered to said administrator, upon the latter’s written request, a group life insurance policy for $2,000 issued to Alfred Thompson by the Prudential Insurance Company of America. Thompson had named his wife “Salena Thompson,” as beneficiary of the insurance payable under the policy but she was not living at the time of…