Estate of Chapin v. Long
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court of Pemiscot County. — Hon. Sterling H. McCarty, Judge. Respondent’s petition charged and the proof showed that Fred A. Chapin applied for and obtained the policy and assigned it to the company, acting on his own initiative. The assignment was therefore admitted and proven and it being valid in law, it vested title in the company. Ins. Co. v. Bank, 216 S. W. (Mo. App.) 785 (4); Lee v. Society, 195 Mo. App. 40; Cornell v. Ins. Co., 179 Mo.
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Appeal from Circuit Court of Pemiscot County. — Hon. Sterling H. McCarty, Judge. Respondent’s petition charged and the proof showed that Fred A. Chapin applied for and obtained the policy and assigned it to the company, acting on his own initiative. The assignment was therefore admitted and proven and it being valid in law, it vested title in the company. Ins. Co. v. Bank, 216 S. W. (Mo. App.) 785 (4); Lee v. Society, 195 Mo. App. 40; Cornell v. Ins. Co., 179 Mo. App. 420; 25 Cyc. 709 E. The record in this ease conclusively shows that Chapin owed nothing to the .firm of Fred A. Chapin & Co.,…
1Opinion of the CourtFarrington, J.
This suit was begun in the probate court of Pemiscot county, and was instituted for the purpose of requiring C. F. Scoggins as administrator of' the estate of Fred A.Chapin, deceased, to inventory to said estate the sum of $1,000 collected by said Scoggins on a life insurance policy taken' out by .said Fred A. Chapin on his life and made payable to his estate and afterwards voluntarily by him assigned to Fred A. Chapin & Company. While the suit was pending Scoggins resigned and one Dunavant was appointed administrator in his stead, who died, and the Public Administrator, the appellant here,…
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