Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States v. Hartfield
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom; tbe chancery court of Pontotoc county. Hon. Henry L. Muldrow, Chancellor. Hartfield and another, the appellees, heirs of W. H. Hartfield, deceased, were the complainants, and the insurance company, the appellant, was defendant in the court below. Erom a decree in favor of the complainants the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The suit was instituted in September, 1897, for the purpose of collecting life-insurance money from the defendant company.
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Erom; tbe chancery court of Pontotoc county. Hon. Henry L. Muldrow, Chancellor. Hartfield and another, the appellees, heirs of W. H. Hartfield, deceased, were the complainants, and the insurance company, the appellant, was defendant in the court below. Erom a decree in favor of the complainants the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The suit was instituted in September, 1897, for the purpose of collecting life-insurance money from the defendant company. The decedent, Plartfield, made application for a life-insurance policy in defendant company on August 29, 1896, for $1,000. He was…
1Opinion of the CourtWi-iiteield, C. J.
The objection that appellees had no right to sue is perfectly met by the second answer made by the learned counsel for appellees. The policy is for $1,000 only. Under Code 1892, § § 1551, 1965, and the decisions construing these sections, the amount of this policy was prima facie exempt property, inured to the benefit, of the heirs freed from all liability for debts of decedent, and descended to the heirs, forming no part of the estate to be- administered by a personal representative. If there were, other *policies, which, together with this one, aggregated more than $5,000, that was matter…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kitchins v. HarrallMississippi Supreme Court · 1877
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