CHAPMAN v. PRUDENTIAL INS. CO.

[No. 77, September Term, 1957.]

215 Md. 87 (1957)

136 A.2d 752

CHAPMAN v. THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 17, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Pinkston, for appellant.

Howard H. Conaway and Lawrence F. Rodowsky, with whom were Frank, Bernstein, Gutberlet & Conaway and John D. Bowman, Jr., on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT and HORNEY, JJ.


PRESCOTT, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court in Montgomery County, which granted a motion for a directed verdict in favor of the appellee.

The appellant's husband, to whom she had been married since 1941, was insured by a policy of life insurance issued by the appellee company. The policy was obtained on April 12, 1954, and the appellant was originally named as beneficiary thereunder. The right and...

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