Legal Opinion

In re Herr

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Decided November 19, 1910No. 1,552PublishedCited by 18 opinions

In the matter of Hyman J. Herr, bankrupt. Rule on the bankrupt to show cause why he should not pay or secure to his trustee the cash surrender value of a certain insurance policy. Rule absolute. Bankrupt required to pay to the trustee the cash surrender value of the policy, at the time of the adjudication, amounting to $350, or otherwise the policy shall pass as assets to the trustee.

1Opinion of the Court

ARCHBALD, District Judge.

On September 1, 1901, the bankrupt took out a policy of insurance in the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance' Company on his own life, which was in force when he went into bankruptcy, December 23, 1909, and has been kept up, to the present time, by the payment of the last annual premium. The policy was on what is known as the 15-year endowment plan, and by it the company promised to pay $1,000 to the bankrupt on September 1, 1916; or, if he should die previous to that date, to pay the same amount to Mildred Plerr, his daughter, should she survive him; or, if not, to the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Holden v. StrattonSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  2. Hiscock v. MertensSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  3. In re WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1909
  4. In re WhelpleyDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1909
  5. In re PfaffingerDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1908

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Antley v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1927
  2. Rawls v. Penn Mut. Life Ins. Co. of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1918
  3. In Re LangDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1927
  4. Fogel v. BangsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1947
  5. In Re ReiterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932

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