Phoenix Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Opper, Admr.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action of interpleader, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the court, Thayer, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of Opper, administrator, and appeal by Matilda C. Koch, another respondent, for alleged errors in the rulings and findings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, C. J.
This action was brought to determine the ownership of a sum of money due from the plaintiff upon a policy of life insurance issued by it, in December, 1894, on the life of Charles Koch, deceased. By the policy the plaintiff agreed to pay, at the death of Koch, to his executors, administrators, or assigns, the sum of $3,000. Three parties claimed the fund on.the death of Koch: his widow, Matilda Koch, by virtue of an assignment from the deceased in his lifetime; F. C. Opper, the administrator of the deceased; and Arthur P. Moore, the receiver of the estate of the deceased, appointed as such by…
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