Matthews v. Matthews

Mr. Associate Justice OxnEr

delivered the unanimous Opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from an order setting aside and declaring null and void as against the respondent, a judgment creditor, an assignment by C. Colvin Matthews to his-wife, Lillian E. Matthews, of certain permanent disability benefits claimed by the transferor under a policy of insurance issued by the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company. The lower Court held the assignment invalid both under the Statute of Elizabeth, Section 8696 of the Code of 1942, and under the Assignment Act, Section 9106 of the Code of 1942.

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