Legal Opinion

In Re Lang

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided May 4, 1927No. 9577PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

On July 28, 1925, when the petition in bankruptcy was filed against him, the bankrupt was the owner of four policies of life insurance in the aggregate amount of $15,000. Three of these policies had been taken out in 1913 and one in 1917. They were all upon his own life, payable to his wife, Nellie M. Lang, and each expressly reserved to the insured the right to change the beneficiary. On the date when the petition was filed, the four policies, after making allowance for certain policy loans, had a total cash surrender value of $2,422.96. The trustee took…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Everett v. JudsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. Burlingham v. CrouseSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  3. Holden v. StrattonSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  4. Cohen v. SamuelsSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  5. Cohn v. MaloneSupreme Court of the United States · 1919

10 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. In Re MessingerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
  2. Hickman v. HanoverCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1929
  3. Consumers Time Credit, Inc. v. Remark Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1965
  4. In Re ReiterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
  5. In re RoseDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1927

11 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API