Cohn v. Malone
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
In 1902 and 1905 the bankrupt took out two policies on his life in the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, loss under one payable to his “executors, administrators or-assigns,” under the other to his sister and brother with full power in the assured “while this policy is in force and not previously assigned, to change the present beneficiary or beneficiaries.” By formal written instruments dated July 15, 1910, he assigned both policies to his wife “if she, outlives me, otherwise to my estate, with full power to the insured to change the beneficiary or surrender this policy to said company at…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cohen v. SamuelsSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
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- In Re WeickCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1924
- Frederick v. Fidelity Mut. Life Ins. Co. of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
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