HARRIS v. COPELAND

Docket Nos. 20, 21, Calendar Nos. 45,718, 45,719.

337 Mich. 30 (1953)

59 N.W.2d 70

HARRIS v. COPELAND. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. SAME.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 8, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart A. Ricard, for Lucy J. Harris.

Gabriel Glantz, A. Lewis Fineberg and Gabriel Cohn, for Carrie Copeland.


SHARPE, J.

The issue in this case is whether Samuel L. Harris was competent to make the change in beneficiaries in certain insurance policies on March 30, 1950, and April 11, 1950.

The record shows that Samuel Harris, his wife, Carrie Harris, and daughter Carrie, now Carrie Copeland, came to Detroit in the year 1918 or 1920. He secured employment at the Ford Motor Company and continued in such employment until February 3, 1950. On November 12, 1948, he took...

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