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NIXON v. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA

No. 1794.

124 A.2d 305 (1956)

Hazel NIXON, Appellant, v. The LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA, a corporation, and Annie May Ewers, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Barton M. Ewers, deceased, Appellees.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided July 20, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred S. Fried, Washington, D. C., with whom Harold Smith, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

John E. Powell, Washington, D. C., with whom Arthur P. Drury and John M. Lynham, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee Ewers.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

ROVER, Chief Judge.

One Barton M. Ewers, at the time of his death, was the holder of two industrial life insurance policies with the appellee insurance company; neither policy designated a beneficiary, but each contained a so-called "facility of payment" clause reading as follows:

"The Company may make any payment provided for in this Policy, to husband or wife, or any relative by blood, or lawful beneficiary, or connection by marriage of the Insured, or...

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