PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO. v. LAMME

No. 5185.

425 P.2d 346 (1967)

PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Donald J. Tilberg and Marion Smith, Appellants, v. Valerie LAMME, individually, and as natural Guardian of Rodney Lamme, a minor, and Debra Lamme, a minor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 31, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hawkins and Cannon, of Las Vegas, for Appellants.

Foley Brothers, of Las Vegas, for Respondent.


OPINION

THOMPSON, Chief Justice.

The main issue on this appeal is the legal effect of a life insurance conditional receipt issued by the Prudential Insurance Company to Richard Lamme a few weeks before he died. His widow, Valerie Lamme, brought suit against Prudential to recover $25,000 as the beneficiary of a mortgage protection life insurance policy.1 The insurance policy was never issued. Prudential, however, had received...

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