Flaherty v. O'Connor

The plaintiff received the sum of $439 upon a policy of insurance on the life of a daughter, made payable to the plaintiff. The plaintiff handed the money over to the defendant, as claimed on her side, to pay the funeral expenses and bills of the daughter, and to return the balance to her.(1) The defendant claims that she gave the money to him to pay the bills and to use the rest for the interest of the daughter’s children. Before he had completed the payment of the bills the plaintiff demanded the balance in his hands, which he refused to pay to her, and thereupon she brought this suit. The…