New York Life Insurance v. Cannon

The Chancellor:

The contest is between the administratrix of the insured and The Del-Mar-Va Mortgage Company. The latter’s rights are derived through Mattie M. Cannon.

*272The question is—Did the insured, as against Mattie M. Cannon, effect a change of beneficiary under the policy?

That the change was- not made in strict conformity with the terms of the policy is clear, for the application was not accompanied by the policy. If the suit were one at law by the insured’s administratrix against the company, the latter would doubtless have the right to insist that no change of beneficiary had been made…