MADSEN v. ESTATE OF MOFFITT

No. 14027.

542 P.2d 187 (1975)

Barbara Jean MADSEN and Barbara Jean Madsen, as Guardian Ad Litem of Deborah Jean Moffitt, a minor, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. ESTATE of Eugene Tifton MOFFITT, Jr., Deceased, et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Van Sciver, of Athay, Bown & Van Sciver, Salt Lake City, for defendants-appellants.

Hollis S. Hunt, Salt Lake City, for plaintiffs-respondents.


TUCKETT, Justice:

The plaintiffs initiated these proceedings for the purpose of adjudicating ownership of the proceeds of a life insurance policy on the life of Eugene Tifton Moffitt, Jr., and issued by the defendant Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. The district court entered judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, and the defendants, excepting the insurance company, have appealed to this court.

The decedent, Eugene Tifton Moffitt, Jr.,...

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