Kansas City Life Ins. v. Adamson

ATWELL, District Judge.

Under the United States interpleader statute, the plaintiff deposited in court an amount due under a policy, which was, at the time of issue, payable to the insured’s father. Later, when the insured married, it was so changed as to be payable to the insured’s wife. A few years after this last change the couple were divorced, and some time after the divorce the insured died, without having changed the benefieiary.

The policy is a Texas contract. R. S. Tex. 1925, art. 5054; Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Hill, 193 U. S. 551, 24 S. Ct. 538, 48 L. Ed. 788; Mutual Life Ins. Co. v.…