OLINGER v. NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.

No. 3-672A13.

287 N.E.2d 580 (1972)

Faye OLINGER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND LORABEL FORKER, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Probst & Probst, Kendallville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gates, Gates & McNagny, Columbia City, Emerick & Diggins, Kendallville, for defendants-appellees.


HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the beneficiary originally named in a policy of life insurance is entitled to the proceeds thereof when such beneficiary prevented the insured from exercising his right to change beneficiaries by retaining possession of the insurance certificates.

This cause was tried to the court without intervention by a jury. Pursuant to the written request of the plaintiff, the trial court made special...

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