Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Thompson
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 1, 1966No. Civ. A. No. 38397PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.
This case involves the distribution of the proceeds of life insurance policy No. 17000G issued to the United States Civil Service Commission by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, covering Cornelius R. Thompson, deceased. The proceeds have been claimed by Bessie Thompson, *477decedent’s mother, and also by Edward Thompson, a minor, by his mother and natural guardian, Helen Mae Thompson. Metropolitan filed a complaint for inter-pleader (28 U.S.C.A. § 1335), after which Bessie Thompson (hereafter called plaintiff) filed a statement of claim and Edward Thompson,…
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- Bertha Tatum v. Oscar TatumCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Haley v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1968
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