Legal Opinion

Begley v. Miller

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 2, 1907No. Gen. No. 13,528PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Bill in equity. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Willakd M. McEwbh, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1907.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a decree dismissing the bill of appellant for want of equity.

The claim is grounded on the contention that she is the beneficiary under a policy of insurance upon the life of her brother, John J. Begley, in the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Appellee, Anna Miller, and John J. Begley were husband and wife at the time the policy of life insurance was issued, and Anna Miller, as Anna Begley, was the beneficiary named in the policy.

On February 6,1906, Begley’s wife, Anna, sued…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. SchaeferSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Martin v. StubbingsIllinois Supreme Court · 1888

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Frigillana v. FrigillanaSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
  2. Kochanek v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
  3. Travelers Insurance Co. v. SmithAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  4. Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1944
  5. Tatelman v. TatelmanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975

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