Legal Opinion

Smith's Administrator v. Hatke

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 12, 1913PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for th'e defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.

1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.

The plaintiff in 'error, as administrator de bonis non of Thomas Smith, Jr., deceased, brought this action of assumpsit against the defendant in error, Louis B. Hatke, to recover $1,297.80, which sum was paid to the defendant in the following circumstances: On November 25, 1907, Thomas Smith, Jr., who was a subscriber to an association entitled the “Voluntary Subscription Fund of Pullman Conductors and Office Men,” in accordance with the contract, rules and regulations of the association, designated the defendant as his beneficiary in case of his death. Smith died March 6, 1909, and thereupon…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Hellenberg v. District Number One of the Independent Order of BerithNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
  2. Johnson v. Van EppsIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Co. v. KoegelSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
  4. Stoelker v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
  5. Warner v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaNebraska Supreme Court · 1903

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1939
  2. Bryant v. TunstallSupreme Court of Virginia · 1941
  3. Shepherd v. Sovereign CampSupreme Court of Virginia · 1936
  4. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1939

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