Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States v. Hartfield

Citations

• 87 Miss. 548
• 40 So. 21

Syllabus

<p>Insurance. Life policy. Bight to proceeds. Action t>y hews. Code 1892, §§ 1551, 1965.</p> <p>Under Code 1892, §§ 1551, 1965, the one section providing that the exempt property of a decedent shall descend to his heirs and the other that the proceeds of insurance on the life of a decedent to the amount of five thousand dollars shall inure to the benefit of his heirs free from liability for his debts, a life policy for one thousand dollars on the life of a decedent prima facie belongs to his heirs, and they have a right to sue thereon; if there be other policies, the aggregate sum of them all exceeding five thousand dollars, it is matter of defense.</p>