Irving Bank v. Alexander
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 289, Jan. T., 1924, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1922, No. 8409, dismissing bill in equity, in case of Irving Bank, New York, v. Henrietta P. Alexander; the said Henrietta P. Alexander, Julian Alexander, Maurice Bower Saul and. the Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities, Executors of will of Charles O. Alexander, deceased, and the said Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting…
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Appeal, No. 289, Jan. T., 1924, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1922, No. 8409, dismissing bill in equity, in case of Irving Bank, New York, v. Henrietta P. Alexander; the said Henrietta P. Alexander, Julian Alexander, Maurice Bower Saul and. the Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities, Executors of will of Charles O. Alexander, deceased, and the said Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities, Trustee. Bill to recover proceeds of policy of insurance. Before Gordon, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Kephart,
Charles Alexander took out at different times insurance in the sum of approximately $500,000, payable to his wife, Henrietta B. Alexander; the insured died January 29, 1921, insolvent. Three corporations in which the deceased was a stockholder objected for various reasons to the insurance company’s paying the proceeds from the policies to the widow. The amounts named in the policies were by agreement deposited with the Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities to await the outcome of equity cases brought in Common Pleas Courts of…
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