Blanton v. Pacific Mut. Life Ins.

PAUL, District Judge.

The writer of this opinion is sitting by special designation in this case and finds that the matters immediately pending are certain motions submitted by the plaintiff. The case has been pending for several years, in the course of which two other judges have at different times heard various phases of the proceedings until the recent designation of the writer to preside further in the case.

Before taking up for discussion the motions pending, it seems well to outline substantially the history of this case and the various steps which have been taken in it.

The complaint was…