Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United States v. Kit

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

The plaintiff’s statement of claim, filed in pursuance of a bill of interpleader to determine the right to the proceeds of a life insurance policy, shows that the insured was the holder of a certificate of insurance under a group insurance policy issued to his employer. The certificate did not name a beneficiary, but, by reference to a clause in the group policy, designated the insured’s executors or administrators. The defendant is the administratrix.

The plaintiff claims by virtue of a paper executed by the insured and duly witnessed — a printed form furnished by…