Case Name: Sarah Oetting, Guardian, v. Richard F. Sparks et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923-12-11
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 875
Docket Number: 17839
Parties: Sarah Oetting, Guardian, v. Richard F. Sparks et al.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Wanamaker, Jones, Matthias, Day and Allen, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 875–876

Head Matter:
17839
Sarah Oetting, Guardian, v. Richard F. Sparks et al.
Error to the Court of Appeals of Licking County.
342A. SUBROGATION.
Contract between a grantor in a mortgage, and a stranger thereto, that the latter upon payment shall be subrogated to grantee’s right, must be supported by a consideration.
236. LIFE INSURANCE.
Right of insured to- change the beneficiary, which may become defeated thereby, or by nonpayment of dues, does not become vested until maturity of policy.

Opinion:
ROBINSON J.
1. Subrogation arising from express contract between grantor in a mortgage and a stranger thereto, that such stranger upon the satisfaction of the mortgage by the grantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the grantee therein, will be measured by the law applicable to contracts and must be supported by a consideration.
2. The right of a beneficiary in a contract of insurance which reserves to the insured the right to change the beneficiary from time to time, and which may be defeated by the insured by the designation of another beneficiary, or by nonpayment of dues, does not become vested until the happening of the event which matures the policy.
Judgment reversed.
Marshall, C. J., Wanamaker, Jones, Matthias, Day and Allen, JJ., concur.