Legal Opinion
Free's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 25, 1937No. Appeal, 19PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Barnes,
The face amount of a life insurance policy was paid to a decedent during his lifetime by virtue of an absolute assignment of the contract. The wife beneficiary named in the policy here seeks to establish a parol trust of the insurance proceeds against the estate of the decedent assignee, and to surcharge his executor for a deficit in the alleged trust fund.
The following are substantially the facts as found by the court below. On November 2, 1928, the New York Life Insurance' Company issued its policy for $5,000 upon the life of Lloyd P. Wood. Greta Wood, the wife…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Washington's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Church v. RulandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
- Rocks v. SheppardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
- Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. v. RuschSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
- White's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Heaney v. RiddleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Comerford EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Aragon v. BoydNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1969
- Ray's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- Estate of Philip Meriano, Deceased, Anita Panepinto, Administratrix v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
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