Supreme Lodge, New England Order of Protection v. Sylvester
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Bill of interpleader brought by plaintiff order to have the Court determine to which of two defendants it should pay the benefit fund payable under a certain insurance certificate issued by the plaintiff order on the life of one Horace A. Larrabee.
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Bill of interpleader brought by plaintiff order to have the Court determine to which of two defendants it should pay the benefit fund payable under a certain insurance certificate issued by the plaintiff order on the life of one Horace A. Larrabee. The fund was claimed by Laura E. Sylvester, a sister-in-law of the deceased, who was the beneficiary named in the certificate, and by Albert J. Larrabee, a brother of the deceased, claiming as sole heir at law and next of kin; the brother claiming that said Laura E. Sylvester was not, within the intent and meaning of said benefit certificate and…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, C. J.
This is a bill of interpleader wherein the plaintiff asks that the defendants be required to interplead respecting their claims to the sum of one thousand dollars, which it has in its hands as the amount of the death benefit named in his benefit certificate issued to Horace A. Larrabee, one of its members. The claimants are Laura E. Sylvester and Albert A. Larrabee. The parties have interpleaded.
The cause was heard by a sitting Justice upon bill, answers and proof, and he found that the defendant, Laura E. Sylvester, was entitled to the amount due on the benefit certificate. From his decree,…
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