Legal Opinion
Waxman v. Citizens Nat. Trust & Sav. Bk. of Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 11, 1954No. Civ. 19839PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVallee, J.
Appeal by defendant, as executor of the will of James W. Henderson, from an adverse judgment in an action for damages for the failure of decedent to have a policy of life insurance in force on his life at the time of his death.
On August 15, 1932, decedent and his then wife, Thelma, entered into a property settlement agreement. Plaintiff Wilma is the daughter of decedent and Thelma. In the agreement, decedent promised that he would assign and transfer an insurance policy “now upon his life in an established ‘Old Line Insurance Company’ in favor of said Wilma” as beneficiary, to be irrevocable…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Irvine v. BossenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
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