Legal Opinion
Chaplin v. Merchants National Bank of Aurora
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 26, 1959No. 57 C 876PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LA BUY, District Judge.
The parties have stipulated the facts in the above cause.
The sole question to be decided is whether the plaintiff, named beneficiary in certain life insurance policies of decedent and joint owner of certain stocks which had been pledged as collateral with consent of the plaintiff to secure a loan of decedent, is entitled to recover the amount thereof from the trustees of the testamentary trust. After cashing the said policies and stock certificates, the creditor released other collateral also deposited as security for the loan to the decedent’s estate. The estate was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Freund v. FreundIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Gurnett v. Mutual Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1934
- Barbin v. MooreSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1932
- Smith v. ColemanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1945
- Federal Life Ins. v. TietsortCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by10 opinions
- American National Bank & Trust Co. v. Weyerhaeuser Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Livingston v. SheltonWashington Supreme Court · 1975
- Rountree v. FrazeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
- American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, Cross-Appellee v. Weyerhaeuser Company, Third-Party and Counter-Defendant- Cross-Appellant v. The First Jersey National Bank, Third-Party and Counter-PlaintiffCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
- In Re Estate of MundellDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
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