In re Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

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5 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 state decisions

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1. ““The primary purposes of such policies is still to insure against death and usually for the benefit of those dependent upon the insured, and when a modern policy is made, as in this case, payable upon the death of the insured to his wife by name as beneficiary, the fact that the insured may have the right to change the beneficiary or enjoy certain collateral rights in his lifetime does not mate it any the less a policy of insurance made by an insurance company expressly for the benefit of the wife of the insured within the meaning of the statute in question. * * * The property is not only exempt, but never passed to him (the trustee) and is not his. The statute, while in the nature of an exemption law, is more than that; it declares that this property shall inure to the separate benefit of the wife. Ordinary exemption laws leave the full right and title to the property in the debtor. This law declares that this policy shall inure to the separate benefit of the wife of Jacob W. Derr.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Young

2. ““If it were not for tlie provision contained in the policy giving the insured a right to change the beneficiary, there could he no doubt that it would come within the terms of section 1691. The doubt, if there be any, arises from the existence of this right on the part oí the bankrupt.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Pittman