Legal Opinion
Dawson v. National Life Insurance
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 19, 1927PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKinney
By the original bill filed in this cause 'the trustee in bankruptcy of S. R. Rambo seeks to recover, for creditors, the cash surrender value of two life insurance policies which said Rambo effected upon his life, and in which his wife, Mary Cordelia Rambo, was named as beneficiary.
Upon demurrer the Chancellor dismissed the bill and complainant has appealed.
Section 6 of the Bankruptcy Act exempts from the operation of the act all property exempt by State Law. Holden v. Stratton, 198 U. S., 202, 49 L. Ed., 1018; Elledge v. Sumpter, 140 Tenn., 15.
Statutes exempting life insurance should be…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Lockwood v. Exchange BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Holden v. StrattonSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Rose v. WorthamTennessee Supreme Court · 1895
- Harvey v. HarrisonTennessee Supreme Court · 1891
- Murphy v. CaseySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Legg v. St. JohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1932
- Lunsford v. Nashville Savings & Loan Corp.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1931
- Sparkman-Thompson, Inc. v. ChandlerTennessee Supreme Court · 1931
- McConnell v. HenochsbergCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1929
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