In re L. Hammel & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Petition to Revise Order of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here on petition to revise an order of the District Court, Southern District of New York. The order directed the trustee in bankruptcy of Max Hofmann, one of the members of the firm of L. Hammel & Co., bankrupts, to hold a life insurance policy of the bankrupt under the provision of section 70a of the Bankruptcy Art.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The policy, which was issued by the New York Life Insurance Company August 25, 1903, insured the life of Max Hofmann for $3,000, for the benefit of his wife, Bertha Hofmann. It provided that the insured might change the beneficiary of the policy at any time by written notice to the company; also that he might at any time declare any beneficiary then named to be an absolute beneficiary, after which designation all right to change the interest of the beneficiary shall cease. If any beneficiary or absolute beneficiary should die before the insured, the interest of such…
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