In re Brinson
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of A. C. Brinson, bankrupt. On petition to revise order of referee.
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, District Judge.
This is a petition for revision of an order of the referee holding that the trustee in bankruptcy is entitled to' the cash surrender value of an insurance policy on the life of the bankrupt, and requiring the bankrupt to pay to the trustee the amount of such cash surrender value before being entitled to claim said policy as exempt.
*708Among the assets listed in the bankruptcy schedule was a life insurance policy for $1,000, payable to the wife of the bankrupt as beneficiary, but with the right reserved to the insured to change the beneficiary by written notice to the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Cohen v. SamuelsSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Steele v. BuelCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
- In re OrearCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1911
- In re PfaffingerDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1908
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