Crowell v. Northwestern National Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polh District Court. — Hon. James A. Howe, Judge. Action on a life insurance policy on the life of Emmett J. Crowell. The plaintiff was the original beneficiary named in such policy. Before' the death of the insured, a change of beneficiaries was made, and defendant C. C. Crowell was specified as beneficiary in lieu of the plaintiff. The defendant insurance company conceded its liability for the full amount of the policy to one beneficiary or the other.
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Appeal from Polh District Court. — Hon. James A. Howe, Judge. Action on a life insurance policy on the life of Emmett J. Crowell. The plaintiff was the original beneficiary named in such policy. Before' the death of the insured, a change of beneficiaries was made, and defendant C. C. Crowell was specified as beneficiary in lieu of the plaintiff. The defendant insurance company conceded its liability for the full amount of the policy to one beneficiary or the other. It brought the money into court, and asked that it be discharged, and that the contending parties be required to litigate the…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
— On or about May 1, 1902, Emmett J. Crowell took out a life insurance policy for $10,000 in the Northwestern Life & Savings Company of Des Moines. In August, 1903, the Northwestern Life & Savings Com*260pany transferred all its business to tbe Northwestern National Life Insurance Company of Minneapolis, which latter company undertook to reinsure and assume and guarantee all the insurance contracts of the first-named company. After that date all premiums were paid by the insured to the Minneapolis company, and all business in relation to such policy was transacted with such company. The insured…
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