Skinner v. Holt
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Hutchinson county. Hon. E. G. Smith, Judge. Proceeding between Bertha R. Skinner and A. H. Holt and George Holt, co-partners as Holt Bros., and others to determine the rights of the parties to the proceeds of a policy of insurance on the life of John J. Skinner, deceased.
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Appeal from circuit court, Hutchinson county. Hon. E. G. Smith, Judge. Proceeding between Bertha R. Skinner and A. H. Holt and George Holt, co-partners as Holt Bros., and others to determine the rights of the parties to the proceeds of a policy of insurance on the life of John J. Skinner, deceased. From an order of the county court subjecting the proceeds of said policy to the payment of decedent’s debts, said Bertha R. Skinner appealed to the circuit court, where the judgment of the county court was reversed, and Holt Bros, appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion. When a bond on appeal…
1Opinion of the CourtPuller, J.
On the 11th day of August, 1894, plaintiff, the surviving wife of John J. Skinner, deceased, appealed from an order of the county court, made and entered on the 4th day of that month, subjecting, in the due course of administration, the proceeds of a $2,000 life insurance policy to the payment of decedent’s debts; and this appeal is from a judgment of the circuit court entered on the 16th day of July, 1895, reversing said order of distribution, and directing the administrator to pay over to plaintiff, for the separate use of herself and two minor children, the avails of said insurance policy,…
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