TYRE v. AETNA LIFE INS. CO.

Docket No. L.A. 25777.

54 Cal.2d 399 (1960)

353 P.2d 725

6 Cal. Rptr. 13

REBECCA TYRE et al., Appellants, v. AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 1, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wiseman & Elmore and Aaron Elmore for Appellants.

William K. Young, Herman F. Selvin and Chapman, Frazer, Lindley & Young for Respondent.


TRAYNOR, J.

Plaintiffs, the widow and three adult daughters of the insured, appeal from a judgment for defendant in an action to recover the widow's community property interest in the proceeds of a life insurance policy.

The facts are not in dispute. Rebecca Tyre (hereafter called plaintiff) and Louis Tyre, the insured, were married in Los Angeles in 1917 and lived there as husband and wife until Mr. Tyre's death in 1957. Defendant issued its policy in the...

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