LAKE v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO.

Civ. Nos. 5948, 5957, 6045, 6188, 6270.

122 F.Supp. 348 (1954)

LAKE v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO. LAKE v. RELIANCE LIFE INS. CO. OF PITTSBURGH, PA. LAKE v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR. SOC. OF UNITED STATES. LAKE v. JOHN HANCOCK MUT. LIFE INS. CO. LAKE v. UNION CENTRAL LIFE INS. CO.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

June 23, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Piper & Marbury, William L. Marbury and Michael P. Crocker, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff.

Anderson, Barnes & Coe, G. C. A. Anderson, Baltimore, Md., for New York Life Ins. Co.

Hilary W. Gans, Baltimore, Md., for Reliance Life Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United States.

Biscoe L. Gray, Baltimore, Md., for John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.

F. Fulton Bramble, Baltimore, Md., for Union Central Life Ins. Co.


WILLIAM C. COLEMAN, Chief Judge.

These are five consolidated suits brought by the trustee in Bankruptcy of Eugene M. Callis against five life insurance companies which had issued eight policies on his life, prior to the date when an involuntary petition in Bankruptcy was filed in this court against him.

The principal question presented for decision is whether these life insurance companies, hereinafter referred to as the Companies, are entitled under Section...

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