Pettus v. Hendricks
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of the city of Richmond. The fund in controversy in this cause was claimed by three different claimants in different rights. It was claimed by the beneficiary named in the certificate, by the affianced wife of the assured, and by the heirs and next of kin of the assured.
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Appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of the city of Richmond. The fund in controversy in this cause was claimed by three different claimants in different rights. It was claimed by the beneficiary named in the certificate, by the affianced wife of the assured, and by the heirs and next of kin of the assured. Under these circumstances the Firemen’s Relief Association filed its bill of interpleader, brought the money into court, set out the conflicting claims of the parties, and asked the court to determine the rights of the parties. The trial court decided that the fund belonged to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
■ Charles A. Burbank was, at the time of his death, in February, 1909, a member in good standing in the Firemen’s Relief Association. A certificate in which the society agreed to pay $1,000 to Ella Hendricks upon Burbank’s death was issued to the deceased, and was by him delivered to her, she being his first cousin, and one of his nearest relatives. On October 6, 1908, Burbank requested the Association, in writing, that Mrs. Lefia B. Pettus be named as his beneficiary. The minutes of the Association on this subject read as follows: “His request was…
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