Legal Opinion

The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. Mary E. Jones, and Melva Lee Jones Homens

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided May 27, 1982No. 81-1607Published

1Opinion of the Court

679 F.2d 356

The EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES, Plaintiff,

v.

Mary E. JONES, Appellee,

and

Melva Lee Jones Homens, Appellant.

No. 81-1607.

United States Court of Appeals,

Fourth Circuit.

Argued Dec. 7, 1981.

Decided May 27, 1982.

A. Ronald Rubin, Baltimore, Md., for appellant.

Alexander Stark, Baltimore, Md., for appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and PHILLIPS and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.

HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:

1

In an action of interpleader to determine which of decedent's two wives was entitled to the proceeds of his life insurance policy, the district court granted…

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2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. KraftCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
  2. New York Life Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Arthur L. Lee and Florence Grusenmeyer, Formerly Florence LeeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
  3. Stuyvesant Insurance Co. v. Dean Construction Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1966
  4. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Virginia BeardsleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1954
  5. Little v. First Federated Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1972

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