Crocker v. Crocker

Opinion of the Count by

Judge Rees —

Reversing.

Appellant, Robert Crocker, and appellee, Bessie Crocker, were married in 1904. They separated in 1908, and appellant later obtained a divorce and custody of their two children, John F. Crocker and Jesse Crocker. Appellant again married, and has eight children by the second marriage. '

In 1922 the Prudential Insurance Company of America issued to John F. Crocker a policy of insurance whereby it insured his life in the sum of $230, and in 1925 it issued him a policy for $416. Each policy provided that its proceeds should be paid to the insured’s…