Legal Opinion
Penn Mut. Life Ins. v. Miller
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided February 26, 1940No. Nos. 69, 70, 76, 81PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REEVES, District Judge.
With slight and immaterial variations, the same facts apply in each of the above cases.
The question involved is whether the defendant Harold O’Brien, as an assignee, is entitled to collect the proceeds of four different insurance policies issued on the life of Richard G. Miller and wherein other defendants are named as beneficiaries.
It is the contention of the said O’Brien that the premium payments on such insurance were made out of funds wrongfully and fraudulently obtained by the assured, and that therefore he became and was a trustee ex maleficio for the benefit of…
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- Sweet v. LangCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
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