Legal Opinion
Aetna Life Insurance Company, Mary Presley Hayes and Mary Van Worsley Droke v. Betty J. Hayes
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 19, 1963No. 15269PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr., Circuit Judge.
On December 27, 1941, the Aetna Life Insurance Company issued a $5,000.00 policy of life insurance to Carlos L. Hayes, a lawyer and resident of Arkansas. The named beneficiaries were the insured’s mother, Mary Presley Hayes, and the insured’s fiancee at that time.
On June 20,1950, the insured executed, upon a form provided by the company, a request for change of beneficiary, which continued his mother as one of the two beneficiaries, but changed the other beneficiary from his fiancee to his niece, Mary Van Worsley Droke.
In May 1955 the insured married the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hunter v. Federal Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
- Tomaneng v. ReevesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1950
- Bell v. CrivianskyMontana Supreme Court · 1934
- Tibbels v. TibbelsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1960
- United Benefit Life Ins. v. ElliottDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1948
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Helen B. Cooper v. The United States of America, and Ruby Akers, and Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Republic National Life Insurance Company v. Peter C. SackmannCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1963
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