Legal Opinion · Dissent

Bennett v. Rosborough

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 3, 1923No. 3117Published

1DissentHines, J.

I dissent from the opinion of the majority in this case. I can not agree to the proposition that where a husband' takes out a policy of life insurance, in which he names his wife as beneficiary, and dies without having changed the beneficiary or assigned the policy, “the wife will be entitled to the money payable under the policy after the death of the insured, in a contest with a creditor of the husband, although at the time the insurance was-obtained and the premiums paid the insured was *275insolvent and the premiums were paid with money stolen from the creditor.” The majority put their…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Nally v. NallySupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
  2. Dell v. VarnedoeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
  3. Western & Atlantic Railroad v. MooreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
  4. Smith v. HeadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
  5. Brown v. DennisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911

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