Snodgrass v. Snodgrass

This was an action for a declaratory judgment, filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Summit County, which sought a declaration of the marital status of Gladys Louise Snodgrass, the defendant therein. The action was instituted by Georgia Snodgrass, who, as contingent beneficiary in a policy of National Service life insurance on the life of her son, James L. Snodgrass, Jr., sought §uch declaration, to the end that the defendant be declared not the wife of the insured and therefore not entitled to take the proceeds of the policy as principal beneficiary.

The controlling facts before us in this…