Continental Life Insurance v. Palmer
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill op interpleader, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, against certain parties claiming interests, adversely to each other, in the amount of a life insurance policy payable by the petitioners. The following facts were found by the court upon the petition and the answers of the respondents.
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Bill op interpleader, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, against certain parties claiming interests, adversely to each other, in the amount of a life insurance policy payable by the petitioners. The following facts were found by the court upon the petition and the answers of the respondents. The petitioners, on the 31st day of December, 1866, issued a policy of insurance on the life of Benjamin W. Palmer, upon the application and for the benefit of his wife, Betsey A. Palmer, the material part of which policy was as follows :—■ “ The Continental Life Insurance Company, in…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
Betsey A. Palmer insured the life of her husband, Benjamin W. Palmer, in the sum of three thousand dollars, payable to herself, if living, if not, to their children. She died before her husband. Amos F. Palmer, one of the children, also died during the life of his father, leaving issue, Charles P. Palmer, one of the respondents. The question reserved for our consideration is, whether Charles P. Palmer tabes an interest in the policy, or whether the whole sum insured vests in the surviving children.'''
It will aid us in the solution of this question to consider briefly the nature, object, and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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