Atkins v. Atkins
Supreme Court of Vermont
Chancery. Heard upon pleadings and stipulation at the September Term, 1897, Washington County, before Taft, Chancellor, who dismissed the bill with costs. The oratrix appealed. The stipulation fixed the amounts recoverable under the different policies, with the date from which interest should be computed, subject to diminution by payments already made. The mortgage and notes mentioned in the mandate represented the avails of policy No. 4,967.
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
Hiram Atkins, deceased, in his life, took out on his life, insurance policy No. 156,000 in the New York Life Insurance Company, for $5,000 payable to the defendant, Alfred Atkins, as trustee for Catherine Atkins, the oratrix, who is a daughter of Hiram Atkins, or in the event of her death prior to his, to his legal representatives. After *566the death of Hiram Atkins, the $5,000 was paid to Alfred Atkins as such trustee.
The National Life Insurance Company also issued to Hiram Atkins, in his life, its policy, No. 4,967, for $4,000, payable to the defendant, “Alfred Atkins, trustee, and the…
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