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AMERICAN WESTERN LIFE INS. CO. v. HOOKER

No. 16596.

622 P.2d 775 (1980)

AMERICAN WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Vonice W. HOOKER and Helen M. Mallard, aka Helen Margurite Hooker, Defendants (First Defendant is Respondent; Second Defendant is Appellant).

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl J. Peck, Joseph L. Henriod, and Stephen L. Henriod, Salt Lake City, for Hooker.

Pete N. Vlahos and Ronald W. Perkins of Vlahos, Knowlton & Perkins, Ogden, for Mallard.

John P. Ashton and John B. Maycock, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.

WILKINS, Justice:

In 1972 Ronald Hooker (hereafter "Ronald"), now deceased, took out a policy of decreasing term life insurance, policy # 43476 (hereafter "policy 43") with Respondent American Western Life Insurance Company (hereafter "American Western"). In 1973 he purchased another decreasing term policy # 44498 (hereafter "policy 44") from American Western. His then wife, Helen Hooker, now Respondent Helen Mallard (hereafter "Helen") was named as beneficiary under...

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