Williams v. Teachers Insurance & Annuity Ass'n

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Raymond Williams was employed at an educational institution in 1960 and an insurance policy, issued by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, was taken out on his life. Williams’ mother, the defendant Lillie Carter, was named as the beneficiary of the policy and had possession of it on the date of her son’s death in April 1971. Subsequently, Luveraneize Williams, who alleged that she was the common-law wife of the decedent, filed a complaint requesting that a resulting trust be declared in the proceeds of the policy for her…