Whitcomb v. Miller

Citations

• 121 Cal. 353
• 53 P. 906
• 1898 Cal. LEXIS 910

Syllabus

<p>Estates of Deceased Persons—Life Insurance—Payment to Administrator—Exempt Property—Distribution to Widow.—Money received by the administrator from a policy of insurance upon the life of the decedent, which by its terms was made payable to his administrator, was the property of the deceased in his lifetime and belongs to his estate; and where the annual premiums did not exceed five hundred dollars the money collected from such policy is exempt from execution, and is properly set apart to the widow as such. The order setting it apart is a species of distribution to the widow of part of the estate of the decedent.</p>