Legal Opinion
Hopkins v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided November 13, 1970No. 970-AppealPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJoslin, J.
In this civil action Cora Hopkins and Adelia Potter, surviving sister and divorced wife respectively of Walter E. Sherman, are litigating the question of who is entitled to the proceeds of an insurance certificate for $3,000 issued by The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States on Walter's life. The case was tried in the Superior Court to a trial justice sitting without a jury. After judgment awarding the death benefits to Cora, Adelia appealed.
The facts are not in dispute. To the extent feasible they are stated chronologically. In 1955 Walter, who was then married to Adelia,…
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