Legal Opinion

Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Kinsley

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 27, 1915PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Denis E. Sullivan, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter

This was a bill of interpleader filed in the superior court of Cook county by appellant, setting forth that one Mary Kinsley, recently deceased, held three policies of insurance in said insurance company, in the sums of $164, $500 and $189, respectively, and admitting liability thereon but stating that certain of appellees claimed they were entitled to the proceeds. On a hearing the court entered a decree, which, as afterwards modified, found that the bill was properly filed and allowed appellant to deposit in court the amount due under said policies of insurance, and certain “mortuary…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Constant v. MattesonIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
  2. Chapin v. DakeIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
  3. Kilgour v. CrawfordIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
  4. Boyd v. McConnellIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Cook v. GilmoreIllinois Supreme Court · 1890

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Bennett v. WeberIllinois Supreme Court · 1926
  2. Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance v. GustafsonDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1976
  3. Hockersmith v. CoxIllinois Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Trust Co. v. National Surety Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
  5. Danville Building Ass'n v. GatesDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 1946

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