Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. Moore

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment which awarded appellee, Ionia Moore, the amount recoverable on two insurance policies written on the life of St. Clark Moore, who died August l4, 1942. The insurance company instituted this suit. It admitted liability on both policies and sought a judicial determination of which one of two claimants should receive the money. These two claimants were the widow of the insured, the appellant herein, who was named as beneficiary in both policies, and the mother of the insured, who bases her claim on an asserted change in the beneficiary made a…