Federal Life Ins. v. Tietsort

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, an Illinois corporation, filed its complaint against Ruth Tietsort, a citizen of the State of Michigan, and Alberta Weber Dejong, a citizen of the State of Illinois, to have determined conflicting claims under a policy of insurance issued by it, whereby the plaintiff agreed to pay to the beneficiary named therein, upon the death of Carroll S. Dejong by accidental means, the sum of $3,000. The existence of the requisite jurisdictional amount, the diversity of citizenship of the adverse claimants, and the disinterestedness of the plaintiff made the remedy of…