Legal Opinion
Equitable Life Ins. v. Gilman
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided May 4, 1953No. 7791PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REEVES, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff filed its bill of interpleader pursuant to the provisions of a national *244statute. It acknowledged its liability on an insurance policy issued to one Earl C. Gil-man, now deceased, but claimed that the two defendants, Myron C. Gilman and Ralph E. Poulson, were interposing conflicting claims and that there being a diversity of citizenship it felt justified in filing its bill of interpleader pursuant to said statute and the law.
The defendant, Myron C. Gilman, by his answer challenged the good faith of the plaintiff in filing its bill of interpleader and asserts…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dee v. Kansas City Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1936
3Cited by5 opinions
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