Hintz v. Hintz

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Alvin L. Hintz, the insured, a resident of Wisconsin, took out a life insurance *433policy with the Central Life Assurance Society for the sum of five thousand dollars. The beneficiary named therein was his brother, William Howard Hintz. The insured was then unmarried. Later he changed the beneficiary from his brother to his wife, Ruth E. Hintz, the appellee. Subsequently, he changed or attempted to change the beneficiary from his wife (appellee) to his sister, the appellant.

The policy contained the following provisions respecting the insured’s right to change his beneficiary: