In re the Estate of Sichel

Wingate, S.

This is an application to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction so much of a discovery proceeding as relates to the proceeds of certain policies of insurance upon the life of the decedent which were, by their terms, payable to the respondent as named beneficiary.

The basis for the relief, as stated in the petition, reads: “ that although the said Jeannette Mannheimer was the beneficiary named in such policies, this was arranged by the decedent merely for the purpose of making it impossible for the wife, from whom the said decedent was divorced, to reach any part of his insurance estate;…