Legal Opinion
In Re Messinger
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 19, 1928No. 145PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The bankrupt listed among his assets two insurance policies, payable to his wife as beneficiary, in each of which he had reserved the right to change the beneficiary. After the trustee in bankruptcy had qualified, he demanded that the policies be turned over to him by the bankrupt, who accordingly surrendered them. Thereafter the bankrupt applied to the referee for an order directing the trustee to return the policies on the ground that the trustee, because of the provisions of section 55a of the Insurance Law of the state of New York (Consol. Laws, c. 28), had…
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