McCurdy v. McCurdy

WILSON, Justice.

The problem we are required to solve is whether proceeds of life insurance policies issued to the insured husband before marriage naming his estate as beneficiary (a) belong to the separate estate of the husband after his death, only in proportion to the amount of premiums paid by him before marriage; or (b) belong entirely to his separate estate, with right of reimbursement to the community based on the amount of premiums paid from community funds during marriage. Appellant urges the first solution; appellee the second, adopted by the trial court, and by us.

The facts are…