National Life Insurance Co. of the United States of America v. Brautigam
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Laweence W. Halsey, Circuit Judge. The deceased husband of Elizabeth Keller after his marriage to her made her a beneficiary in a policy previously made payable to his estate or to such beneficiary as he might designate.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Laweence W. Halsey, Circuit Judge. The deceased husband of Elizabeth Keller after his marriage to her made her a beneficiary in a policy previously made payable to his estate or to such beneficiary as he might designate. The written request for and consent to such change contained this provision: “The insured hereby reserves and is hereby granted the right, provided this policy has not been assigned, to change tbe beneficiary or beneficiaries at any time during tbe continuance of tbe same, by filing witb tbe company a written…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed November 16, 1915:
ViNJE, J.
In Ellison v. Btraw, 116 Wis. 207, 92 N. W.
1094, it was stated that sec. 2347, Stats. 1898, prevented a married woman who was made a beneficiary in an insurance policy either singly or together with the insured from assigning the policy. In Canterbury v. Northwestern M. L. Ins. Co. 124 Wis. 169, 102 N. W. 1096, the statement was withdrawn, and it was held that both could jointly assign it either before or after the passage of ch. 376, Laws 1891. In Boehmer v. Kalk, 155 Wis. 156, 144 N. W. 182, it was held that said chapter was not…
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