Odle v. Williamson

MOORE, Justice.

This is a suit to determine which of two claimants is entitled to the proceeds of a life insurance policy. The $50,000.00 policy was issued by The Travelers Insurance Company on the life of Hal Newsom, who died as the result of an automobile accident on December 23, 1974. At the time of his death, his ex-wife, Bernice Odie, was the named beneficiary in the policy. Following his death, his daughter, Margaret Williamson, instituted this suit against the insurer and Bernice Odie alleging that, after the insured’s divorce from Bernice Odie, he executed a change of beneficiary…