Elsom v. Gadd
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Jurey, J., entered December 14, 1915, in favor of creditors of an estate, upon a hearing upon objections to the final account and distribution by the administrator.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
This appeal raises the question whether a life insurance policy payable to the estate of a deceased person is exempt from the payment of the debts of the estate. At the time the case was decided in the court below, the case of German-American State Bank of Ritzville v. Godman, 83 Wash. 231, 145 Pac. 221, was the final expression of this court. The trial judge, however, found that the statute under which appellant claims, Rem. 1915 Code, § 569, was an exemption statute and could not be invoked in aid of one who did not come within the usual definitions of exempt persons, following the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- German-American State Bank v. GodmanWashington Supreme Court · 1915
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. Chehalis County BankWashington Supreme Court · 1911
- In re the Estate of BlattnerWashington Supreme Court · 1916
3Cited by9 opinions
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- Levinson v. GreeneCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1924
- American Surety Co. of New York v. FishbackWashington Supreme Court · 1917
- Estate of Mattias Arnold Madsen, Norma v. Madsen v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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