IN RE SUCCESSION OF TILLEY

No. 99-64.

742 So.2d 9 (1999)

SUCCESSION OF Thomas Alton TILLEY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Johnson, for Martha Ribbins Tilley Valentine.

Kathy Lee Torregano, New Orleans, for Reliance Insurance Company.

Marvin F. Gahagan, Natchitoches, for Linna Faye Biles Berryhill.

BEFORE: WOODARD, AMY, and SULLIVAN, Judges.


WOODARD, Judge.

This is a dispute over the entitlement to the proceeds of an annuity contract, which the decedent willed to Mrs. Linna Faye Biles Berryhill, but which his employer's workers' compensation carrier, Reliance, paid, instead, to Mr. Tilley's former spouse, Martha Robbins Tilley, now, Mrs. Martha Robbins Valentine. Mrs. Berryhill sued, and the trial court found in her favor. Mrs. Valentine and Reliance appeal. We affirm.

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