Legal Opinion
New England Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Spence
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 12, 1939No. 320PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree in a suit of interpleader to determine which of two claimants was entitled to the proceeds of a life insurance policy. The plaintiff insured the life of one, Slade, for $3,500, payable to Slade’s wife, now the appellee Spence. The couple then lived in Buffalo, and the contract was made either there or in' Boston, the plaintiff’s home office, where the policy was payable. The Slades moved to Texas, where they became domiciled, and where they were divorced upon the petition of the appellee, Spence. She then came back to Buffalo, where in…
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