Legal Opinion
In re Lipton
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 9, 1933No. 51317PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
The principal question in this case is whether the trustee is entitled to the surrender value of various life insurance policies on the life of the bankrupt, payable to his wife as sole beneficiary, with reserved power in the bankrupt to change the beneficiary at will.
It is conceded that section 55-a of the New York Insurance Law (Consol. Laws N. Y. c. 28) has no application, because a considerable portion of the bankrupt’s indebtedness arose prior to March 31, 1927. In re Messinger (C. C. A.) 29 F.(2d) 158, 68 A. L. R. 1205. But it is insisted by the bankrupt that the…
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