Hutson v. Jenson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Rock county: B. E. Dunwiddie, Circuit Judge. About November 7,1893, there died, at Edgerton, Thomas Hutson, a man of considerable property and president of the Edgerton Bank, leaving a large amount of life insurance, some payable to himself, some specifically to his wife, and, in addition, policies as follows: Eirst.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Rock county: B. E. Dunwiddie, Circuit Judge. About November 7,1893, there died, at Edgerton, Thomas Hutson, a man of considerable property and president of the Edgerton Bank, leaving a large amount of life insurance, some payable to himself, some specifically to his wife, and, in addition, policies as follows: Eirst. Two policies, aggregating $4,000, in the Bankérs’ Life Association, payable according to the certificate to the family of the deceased. The by-laws, when the certificate was issued; provided that benefits should be payable to the…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
This case presents one of those unfortunate situations where money claimed to be the property of helpless children has been lost by the conduct of the person intrusted therewith, in this case without any suggestion of turpitude or intentional wrong, but by mistaken confidence in the solvency of a bank and in the sufficiency of her own means to make good any losses, and where, on the other hand, the persons from whom indemnity is demanded are sureties merely, who have neither participated in the misconduct causing the loss nor received any benefit to compensate the burdens they have assumed.…
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