Legal Opinion

Scruggs v. Jefferson Standard Life Ins.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 24, 1942No. 9324PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Riley, Judge:

In this chancery suit instituted by Annabelle Mills Scruggs in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County against Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company and Claude G. Scruggs, plaintiff seeks to subject the cash surrender value ($1,977.98) of a life insurance policy iss.ued by defendant insurance company upon the life of Claude G. Scruggs, in partial satisfaction of two judgments against him for accrued alimony and costs. The trial court held that by virtue of the judgments and executions issued thereon plaintiff “has a lien on the policy of life insurance aforesaid to the extent of…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Cohen v. SamuelsSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  2. State v. FredlockWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
  3. Alexander v. McPeckMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
  4. Mutual Life Insurance of New York v. FranckCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1935
  5. Tennant's Heirs v. FrettsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Bennett v. BennettWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1950
  2. In Re WhiteDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1960
  3. RS CORSON COMPANY v. HartmanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1959

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