Legal Opinion
Edward Meyers Caldwell v. J. Reuel Armstrong, Trustee in Bankruptcy, United States of America, and Dixie Faye Caldwell Shea
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 17, 1965No. 7768PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
Divorce and bankruptcy combine here to present vexatious legal problems. Appellant Caldwell, the bankrupt, appeals from the affirmation of a referee’s order excluding from the bankruptcy estate the proceeds of a matured policy insuring his life. Appellees Dixie Faye Caldwell Shea and the United States assert liens against those proceeds — Dixie because of a Wyoming divorce decree and the United States because of levies for unpaid federal income tax.
Caldwell owned a matured, single-premium endowment policy on his life. The policy was issued by New England Mutual…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Texas v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Menick v. HoffmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
- United States v. Adamant Co. And Four Other CasesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
- D. K. Porter, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Abe Greenband v. Woodey B. Searle and Edlean E. SearleCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1955
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation v. HumphrysCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1938
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Hart v. Hart (In Re Hart)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nevada · 1985
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- In Re Gary Raymond Donahue, Debtor. Linda K. (Donahue) Parker v. Gary Raymond Donahue, James T. Wiglesworth, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
- In Re James Wilbur Cox, Sr., Bankrupt. Rhea Nita Cox, Now York v. James Wilbur Cox, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
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