Roquemore v. Dent
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe City Court of Montgomery, 'in Equity. Heard before the Hon. A. I). Sayre. The bill in this case ivas filed by S. H. Dent and C. H. Roquemore, as trustees, against the children of John D. Roquemore, deceased.
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Appeal from tbe City Court of Montgomery, 'in Equity. Heard before the Hon. A. I). Sayre. The bill in this case ivas filed by S. H. Dent and C. H. Roquemore, as trustees, against the children of John D. Roquemore, deceased. The purpose of the bill was to obtain the construction of a trust imposed upon the complainants, and the ascertainment of the interest of the children of John D. Roquemore, deceased, in the fund in the hands of the complainants as trustees, which had been paid to them by an insurance company as the amount of insurance upon the life of said John D. Ro-quemore. From the…
1Opinion of the Court
DOWDELL, J
—We concur in the conclusions of the learned judge who tried this case. The new policies which were issued upon the' surrender of the old, were in substitution of the latter: The wife of the assured and his children were made the beneficiaries under the old; under the new or substituted policies the insurance was made payable to named trustees for' “such of his [assured’s] children as might survive him.”' The old policies were issued in 1870 and 1871. The wife died in 1882 and before her husband. Under the statute, sections 2733 and 2734, Code of 1876, her interest terminated with…
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