Morrill v. Manhattan Life Insurance
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cqok county; the Hon. H. V. Freema.n, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cqok county; the Hon. H. V. Freema.n, Judge, presiding. September 29, 1897, the Manhattan Life Insurance Company, appellee, filed a bill of interpleader against appellant, and Anna Murdoch and J. W. McCulloch, appellees, alleging, in substance, the issuing by 'it of two life insurance policies, each for the sum of §2500, on the life of James R. Murdoch, for the benefit of Anna. M. Murdoch, his wife, her executors, administrators or assigns, the first policy numbered 63,523 and…
1Per curiam
After making the foregoing statement of the facts, the Appellate Court delivered the following opinion:
“Appellant’s counsel claim that the bill of interpleader is insufficient. In Platte Valley Bank v. Nat. Bank, 155 Ill. 250, the court say: ‘It is laid down in 3 Pomeroy’s Equity Jurisprudence, (sec. 1322,) that the equitable remedy of interpleader depends upon and requires the existence, of the four following elements: First, the same thing, debt or duty must be claimed by both or all the parties against whom the relief is demanded; second, all the adverse titles or claims must be dependent…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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