Germania Life Insurance v. Wirtz
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Ionia; Davis, J. Bill of interpleader by the Germania Life Insurance Company against Frank M. Wirtz, executor of the last will of Johannes Schild, deceased, Clark Hawley, special administrator of the estate of Henry Schild, deceased, Bertha Wagner, Lulu Fischer, Sophia Grafe and Herbert Schild to determine the right to the proceeds of a policy of insurance. From a decree for defendant Wirtz, the other defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
Plaintiff shows that it is indebted to some one to the extent of $2,000; the same being the proceeds of an insurance policy issued in 1366 upon the life of Johannes Schild, who died in 1910. There are several claimants demanding the fund, and, it not being clear to plaintiff to which of them it could pay with safety, it tendered the fund into court and prayed to be advised.
Upon an application signed by Johannes Schild and his wife, Margaretha, a policy for $2,000 was issued on December 6, 1866, and made payable to “Margaretha Schild for her sole use, in conformity with the statute in such…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Continental Life Insurance v. PalmerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1875
- Chapin v. FellowesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1869
- Walsh v. Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- United States Trust Co. v. Mutual Benefit Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Bradshaw v. . Mutual Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1907
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- Wilson v. PerdueMichigan Court of Appeals · 1969