Atkinson v. Metropolitan Life Ins.

The major question in this case is one of correct interpretation of that provision of the policy quoted in the foregoing statement. The first two lines of that provision define the right of the insured to make a change of beneficiary. That right is without qualification. The remainder of the paragraph regulates the manner of the exercise of that right. The first two lines are mandatory upon the company, and the right thereby created may not be denied or abridged. Neither those two lines nor any other provisions of the policy which have been brought to our notice give to the company the…