Legal Opinion

Estate of Fink

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided November 9, 1926PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtVinje, C. J.

The question here presented by the appeal is this: Does the unpaid insurance money belong to the two brothers or to the estate of Ralph Fink? If it belongs *351to the brothers, then the county judge correctly disposed of the case; but if it belongs to the estate of Ralph Fink, then there must be a reversal.

The federal statutes govern, and prior to the amendment of March 4, 1925, by ch. 553 (43 U. S. Stats, at Large, p. 625), sec. 303 provided:-

“If no person within the permitted class of beneficiaries survive the insured, or if before the completion of payments the beneficiary or beneficiaries…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. Ogilvie's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  2. Whaley v. JonesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1929
  3. First Nat. Bank of Chattanooga, Tenn. v. ForesterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
  4. Garland v. AndersonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1931
  5. Root v. ChildsNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1929

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