RAY v. OHIO NAT. LIFE INS. CO.

87-1205, 87-1259.

537 So.2d 915 (1989)

Jeffrey C. RAY v. OHIO NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. OHIO NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Jeffrey C. RAY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Harvey Tipler and John M. Pennington of Tipler and Tipler, Andalusia, for appellant/cross-appellee.

James R. Clifton of Albrittons, Givhan & Clifton, Allen Edward Cook, Andalusia, for appellees/cross-appellants Barbara W. Ray, Heath R. Ray, Reena S. Ray and Barbara W. Ray as administratrix of the estate of Murry Ray, deceased.


SHORES, Justice.

This appeal presents two issues:

(1) Whether the insurance proceeds payable on the death of Murry Ray must be divided equally between his three surviving children;

(2) Whether the trial court erred in refusing to award Ohio National Life Insurance Company attorney fees.

Murry Ray and his wife Barbara Ray were divorced. There were three children of the marriage; Jeffrey, Reena, and Heath Ray. An agreement was made a part of...

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