DOWDELL v. BELL

Nos. 3848, 3849.

477 P.2d 170 (1970)

Charles Leonard DOWDELL, Donald R. Winship, as Administrator of the Estate of Roberta Matilda Dowdell, Deceased, Appellants (Defendants below), and the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (Defendant below), v. R.W. BELL and Sindet Bell, as Guardians of Amber, Valorie and Caryn Dowdell, Minors, Appellees (Plaintiffs below). Charles Leonard DOWDELL, Donald R. Winship, as Administrator of the Estate of Roberta Matilda Dowdell, Deceased, Appellants (Defendants below), and Bankers Union Life Insurance Company (Defendant below), v. R.W. BELL and Sindet Bell, as Guardians of Amber, Valorie and Caryn Dowdell, Minors, Appellees (Plaintiffs below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

November 19, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Wilkerson, Casper, for appellant Charles Leonard Dowdell.

Donald R. Winship of Everett, Everett & Winship, Casper, for appellant Donald R. Winship.

Burgess, Kennedy & Davis and Richard M. Davis, Jr., Sheridan, for appellees.

Before GRAY, C.J., and McINTYRE, PARKER, and McEWAN, JJ.


Mr. Justice PARKER delivered the opinion of the court.

This litigation1 was initiated to determine the rights of different parties to insurance policies on the life of deceased, Roberta Dowdell. The guardians of her three minor children brought the actions against the insurance companies, the administrator of her estate, and the husband, who after having been charged with the second-degree murder...

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