Thum v. Wolstenholme
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the Third District Court, Salt Lake County, Hon. Ogden Hiles, Judge. This was an equitable action brought to recover a. fund amounting to $50,000 alleged to be held by the defendant, and to have been acquired by him as trustee of C. Bunting, etc., bankers, a corporation organized under the laws of Utah.
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Appeal from the Third District Court, Salt Lake County, Hon. Ogden Hiles, Judge. This was an equitable action brought to recover a. fund amounting to $50,000 alleged to be held by the defendant, and to have been acquired by him as trustee of C. Bunting, etc., bankers, a corporation organized under the laws of Utah. It was claimed in the complaint that this fund was derived from the proceeds of a life insurance policy issued on the life of Charles Bunting, deceased, for the sum of $50,000, payable on the death of Bunting to his estate. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appealed. By the…
1Opinion of the CourtMiner, J.
This equitable action was brought to recover a fund amounting to $50,000, alleged to be held by the defendant, and to have been acquired by him as trustee of C. Bunting & Co., bankers, a corporation organized under the laws of Utah.
It is claimed in the complaint that this fund was derived *457from the proceeds of a life insurance policy issued on the life of Charles Banting, deceased, for the sum of $50,000, on November 29, 1894, payable on tbe death of Bunting, to his estate. The testimony shows that in case of loss, the policy was payable to his heirs, executors, or assigns. Therefore this…
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