Aetna Life Insurance v. Outlaw

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BLAIR, District Judge.

Plaintiff instituted this interpleader action against the widow and four children of plaintiff’s deceased policyholder, Herskel R. Outlaw. 1 Plaintiff has paid into the court $18,150 in insurance proceeds which the parties have stipulated is the correct amount under the two policies at issue in this suit (Clerk’s File # 18). Plaintiff is a Connecticut corporation and four of the defendants are Maryland citizens and one, a Delaware citizen. Jurisdiction is predicated upon the federal interpleader statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1335 (1962).

Plaintiffs seek to have…