SANCHEZ v. AETNA LIFE INS. CO.

No. 8338.

350 So.2d 680 (1977)

Mrs. Bertha SANCHEZ v. AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Not Considered October 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dufour, Levy, Marx, Lucas & Osborne (Patrick Rankin), New Orleans, for Bertha Sanchez.

George W. Giacobbe and Frank P. Letellier, II (George W. Giacobbe), New Orleans, for Dolores Jacobsen.

Before LEMMON, GULOTTA and BEER, JJ.


LEMMON, Judge.

This is a concursus proceeding to determine entitlement to the proceeds of a group life insurance policy issued to Alcide Sanchez. After Sanchez died in 1973, the proceeds were claimed by Mrs. Bertha Sanchez, his widow, and by Mrs. Dolores Jacobsen, his daughter from a previous marriage. The sole issue is whether Sanchez validly changed the policy beneficiary in 1971.

The policy contained the following pertinent provision:

"The Employee...

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