Givens v. Girard Life Insurance Company of America

GUITTARD, Justice.

Girard Life Insurance Company filed this interpleader action to determine ownership of insurance proceeds on the life of Walter Morris, deceased. The petition names as defendants Weedoll Givens, the designated beneficiary, and Edna Morris, widow of the insured. The principal question is whether designation by the husband of an unrelated person as beneficiary of life insurance purchased with community funds is constructive fraud on the wife.

The case was tried on an agreed statement of facts, which includes the following information. Walter and Edna Morris were married in…