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BLAIR v. TRAVELERS INS. CO.

Gen. No. 48,149.

30 Ill. App.2d 191 (1961)

174 N.E.2d 209

James G. Blair, Administrator of the Estate of Jack D. Adams, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Travelers Insurance Company, a Corporation, Defendant. The Travelers Insurance Company, a Corporation, Counter-Plaintiff, v. James G. Blair, Administrator of the Estate of Jack D. Adams, Deceased, Counter-Defendant-Appellant, and Harry E. Davenport and Iva M. Davenport, His Wife, Counter-Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Rehearing denied May 12, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacobson and Lieberman, of Chicago (Lawrence S. Jacobson and Myron Lieberman, of counsel) for appellant.

No other briefs were filed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE KILEY delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff's decedent, Jack D. Adams, shot and killed his wife and their infant son and then committed suicide by shooting himself. At the time of the killings he was beneficiary under a $10,000 policy issued by Travelers Insurance Company on the life of his wife. Plaintiff, Administrator of Adams' estate, sued for the proceeds. The wife's parents also claimed the proceeds. Travelers interpleaded both claimants...

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