STONE v. STEPHENS

No. 32434.

99 N.E.2d 766 (1951)

155 Ohio St. 595

STONE v. STEPHENS et al.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

June 20, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Routzohn, Routzohn & Nevin, Dayton, for appellee.

Merritt E. Schlafman, Dayton, for appellant.


MATTHIAS, Judge.

The question of law presented in this case is whether an insured may lawfully change the beneficiary designated in his insurance policy by the execution of a last will and testament where not expressly or impliedly authorized to do so by the terms of the insurance contract.

Specifically, the question is whether the insured effectively designated a new and different beneficiary of his life insurance policies by the execution of a last will...

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