Bickers v. Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court 1
197 Va. 145 (1955)
CHRISTINE MELVIN BICKERS
v.
SHENANDOAH VALLEY NATIONAL BANK OF WINCHESTER, EXECUTOR, ETC., ET AL. * page 732.
Record No. 4356.
Supreme Court of Virginia.
September 14, 1955.
A. Garland Williams, for the appellant.
Harrison, Benham & Thoma and Wiltshire & McCaul, for the appellees.
Present, All the Justices.
1. Life insurance policies containing provision for change of beneficiaries by the insured may be the subject matter of an inter vivos trust.
2. However, a trust agreement revocable at the will of the settlor may be ineffective, because of its revocability, to defeat the claim of…
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