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FREDERICK v. FIDELITY MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 547.

256 U.S. 395 (1921)

FREDERICK, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF SCHMIDT, v. FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lowrie C. Barton for petitioner.

Mr. George Sutherland for respondent. Mr. John C. Slack, Mr. O.S. Richardson and Mr. W.D.N. Rogers were also on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

John E. Schmidt having died pending bankruptcy, his trustee, the present petitioner, sued the Insurance Company, respondent, in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, to recover the proceeds of a certain policy of life insurance, with interest from the date of death. By an amended statement plaintiff limited his claim to the surrender value of the...

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