Lehman v. Gunn
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Alfred H. Benners. Action by Charles T. Lehman and others against William B. Gunn and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDenson, J.
On December 4, 1895, George T. Win-ton applied to the Mutual Benefit Insurance Company, of Newark, N. J., to issue to him a policy on his life for $5,000, naming his father and mother in the application as beneficiaries. On December 13, 1895, the policy was issued on his life for said amount by the company, naming the insurant’s father and mother as the beneficiaries. On January 15, 1896, the insurant died. Under a compromise effected with tthe ■beneficiajries, the company paid to W. R. Gunn, as attorney in fact for the beneficiaries, the sum of $2,500 in full settlement of the policy. The…
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