Magruder v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance

PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

This is an interpleader action brought to determine the right to the proceeds of a life insurance policy. District Judge Harry W. Wellford held that the insured had failed to do all that he reasonably could have done to comply with the procedure necessary to change the beneficiaries named in the policy. We affirm.

The action originally was filed in the Chancery Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, and was removed to the District Court. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, the insurer, filed an answer and cross-complaint for interpleader. Jurisdiction is based upon…