Freund v. Freund
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jesse Hordom, Judge, presiding. 'This is a bill of interpleader, filed on July 17, 1902, in the Superior Court of Cook county by the New York Life Insurance Company against appellants and appellee, setting forth that, on June 10, 1901, the New York Life Insurance Company of the State of New York issued a policy of insurance upon the…
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Appear from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jesse Hordom, Judge, presiding. 'This is a bill of interpleader, filed on July 17, 1902, in the Superior Court of Cook county by the New York Life Insurance Company against appellants and appellee, setting forth that, on June 10, 1901, the New York Life Insurance Company of the State of New York issued a policy of insurance upon the life of Josef Freund of Chicago in the sum of $5000.00, payable to Bertha Freund, the wife of the insured, or to such…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The question in this case is, whether the fund in controversy belongs to the appellants, as guardians of the estate of the minor child, Karl Freund, son of the deceased Josef Freund, the insured party named in the insurance policy, or whether it belongs to the appellee, Bertha Freund, the widow of the deceased Josef Freund.
The instrument of insurance in this case was a policy of insurance, issued by the New York Life Insurance Company, and not a benefit or endowment certificate. The matter to be determined is, whether the last change of the beneficiary, attempted to be made by the insured…
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