John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. v. Menson

JOHN E. MILLER, District Judge.

This suit is an interpleader action brought by the plaintiff against the defendants, who are claimants to the proceeds of a certain policy of insurance issued by plaintiff and upon which plaintiff admits liability. Plaintiff has deposited the face amount of the policy in the registry of the court, and the court is called upon to determine which of the two claimants is entitled to the same.

Both defendants have filed responsive pleadings, from which it appears that Cora R. Menson is claiming as the wife of the insured and Dorothearyn Menson Jones is claiming as…