Rose v. Rose

OPINION

NOBLE, Justice.

The executor of the estate of Thurman G. Rose, deceased, and the guardian of Harvey Lee Rose, minor son of the decedent, brought a declaratory judgment action in which Billie Rose and Mountain States Life Insurance Company of America were named defendants, seeking a declaration of the beneficiary entitled to the proceeds of a policy insuring the life of Thurman G. Rose, deceased. Billie Rose, the primary beneficiary named in the policy, has appealed from a judgment awarding the proceeds to the decedent’s son, a contingent beneficiary named in the policy.

The trial court…