Modern Woodmen of America v. Headle
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal in Chancery. This is a bill of interpleader. Answers were filed and the defendants ordered to interplead, which they did. Heard on the pleadings and the facts found by the ehaneeilor at the March Term, 1913, Rutland County, Butler, Chancellor. Decree that the claimant, Lottie Headle, the beneficiary named in the original certificate, is entitled to the disputed fund. The other claimants appealed. ■ The opinion states the case.
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Appeal in Chancery. This is a bill of interpleader. Answers were filed and the defendants ordered to interplead, which they did. Heard on the pleadings and the facts found by the ehaneeilor at the March Term, 1913, Rutland County, Butler, Chancellor. Decree that the claimant, Lottie Headle, the beneficiary named in the original certificate, is entitled to the disputed fund. The other claimants appealed. ■ The opinion states the case. At the decease of the insured, the old certificate was in full force, the rights of the beneficiary became instantly vested, and could not be thereafter divested…
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, 3.
This is a bill of interpleader. The orator is a fraternal beneficiary society organized under the laws of Illinois with the principal office at Rock Island, Illinois, and doing business throughout the United States. The defendants are Lottie Headle, widow of William D. Headle, a deceased member of the society, and Guy Milo Headle and Carrie Elsie Headle, minor children of the said William D. by a former marriage and their *41guardian George H. Granger. The defendants answered, the fund in controversy was paid into court, the orator was discharged and the defendants ordered to…
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