Allen v. Hartford Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by tlie payee of a matured policy of life insurance against the insurer and the administratrix of the estate of the insured, praying for an order of interpleader, for judgment as to whom the money should be paid, and that on payment the administratrix, who held the policy, might be ordered to surrender it to the insurer; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the court, Boraback, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and…
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Action by tlie payee of a matured policy of life insurance against the insurer and the administratrix of the estate of the insured, praying for an order of interpleader, for judgment as to whom the money should be paid, and that on payment the administratrix, who held the policy, might be ordered to surrender it to the insurer; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the court, Boraback, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the administratrix for alleged errors in the rulings and findings of the court. The facts, which were specially…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
In 1884 Clarence W. Allen, then twenty-nine years old, took out the policy in question in this suit on his own life. It was for $5,000, and made payable on his death to “ George H. Allen, if living; otherwise to said Clarence W. Allen’s legal representatives.” Shortly after-wards he delivered it as a gift to George H. Allen, who was his only brother and then twenty-one years of age, and to a considerable extent dependent on him for advice and aid in securing employment. Neither was indebted to the other, nor had they any business relations, nor was there any agree ment that each should insure…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. SchaeferSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
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