CANNON v. HAMILTON

Nos. 37400 and 37454.

174 Ohio St. 268 (1963)

CANNON, ADMX., APPELLEE, v. HAMILTON, APPELLEE; FLANAGAN ET AL., APPELLANTS, ET AL. CANNON, ADMX., APPELLANT, v. HAMILTON ET AL., APPELLEES, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 13, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Krause, Klein & Fromson, for appellants in case No. 37400.

Mr. Wyatt C. Brownlee, for Katherine Cannon, administratrix, appellant in case No. 37454.

Mr. Joseph L. Newman, for appellee Addie Cannon Hamilton.


ZIMMERMAN, J.

In 46 Corpus Juris Secundum, 45, Insurance, Section 1160, the rule of general acceptance is stated as follows:

"Under a policy naming and designating the wife of insured as beneficiary, the person holding that relation to insured at the time the policy is issued, and not the one who may become his wife by a subsequent marriage after the divorce of the former, is to be deemed the beneficiary under the policy. Except in a few jurisdictions, a subsequent...

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