Adella M. Smith v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, a New York Corporation

BOHANON, District Judge.

Appellant, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, seeks reversal of a district court judgment awarding interest on monies due appellee under a disputed insurance claim and an attorney’s fee incurred in pursuing such claim. We affirm.

Appellee, Adella M. Smith, was the beneficiary of a group life insurance policy issued by appellant as to certain employees of the State of Wyoming, including appellee’s husband (“the insured”).

The insured was shot and killed on November 14, 1976, near Pinedale, Wyoming, during a property line altercation with a…