DOBYNS v. PRUDENTIAL INS. CO.

26279.

227 Ga. 253 (1971)

179 S.E.2d 915

DOBYNS et al. v. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 29, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. James Jessee, Jr., Christopher D. Olmstead, for appellants.

Coleman, Blackburn, Kitchens & Bright, J. Converse Bright, M. F. Martin, III, Bennet, Gilbert, Gilbert & Whittle, for appellees.

Heard & Leverett, E. Freeman Leverett, amicus curiae.


NICHOLS, Justice.

The sole question for decision in this appeal is whether the parents, or the acknowledged illegitimate child, of a deceased United States serviceman, are entitled to the proceeds of a policy of government insurance where the serviceman has failed to designate a beneficiary.

38 USCA § 770 provides in part as to the priority of beneficiaries where the serviceman fails to designate a beneficiary...

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