Mutual Ben. Life Ins. Co. of New Jersey v. Smith

TUTTLE, District Judge.

This is a bill of interpleader filed by the plaintiff insurance company for the purpose of having the respective rights of two adverse claimants to the proceeds of a certain insurance policy determined in this court, the jurisdiction of which is based upon the requisite diversity of citizenship. The material facts shown by the record are as follows:

November 15, 1911, John P. Skinner obtained a policy of insurance upon his lito in the amount of $3,000, in the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark, N. J., the plaintiff insurance company, a New Jersey…