Dyer v. Occidental Life Ins. Co. Of California

BONE, Circuit Judge.

This action arose under the interpleader statute, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1335. Appellee, Occidental Life Insurance Co. (plaintiff below), deposited the sum of $1200 (this sum representing the proceeds of a life insurance policy) into the registry of the court •and disclaimed further interest in this fund. Adverse claimants to the fund are appellant, T. Ona Dyer, an Oregon citizen,'and appellees; Mary Ann and Patricia Katherine Zimmer, citizens of Montana. Occidental- is merely a nominal appellee.

The insured, Raymond Zimmer, who was a member of the Teamsters Union, died on November…