Legal Opinion

New York Life Insurance Company v. Lawson

District Court, D. Delaware

Decided September 2, 1955No. Civ. A. 1500, 1501PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEAHY, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff insurance company filed a bill of interpleader seeking an adjudication of beneficiaries entitled to the proceeds of three insurance policies upon the life of the late Marcia L. Winn. The total proceeds of the three policies satisfy the requisite jurisdictional amount. There is no dispute of facts for a stipulation of facts was agreed to by all parties. Prior to August 14, 1954, the deceased was the owner of three annuity policies whose beneficiaries were:

Policy No. 113 254 — Joseph T. Winn

Policy No. 202 825 — Margaret B. Ma-near and Sara Neff Grove

Policy No. 213…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. McDonald v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
  2. Reid v. DurborawCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1921
  3. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. O'DonnellSupreme Court of Delaware · 1917
  4. New York Life Insurance v. CannonCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1937

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. McCarthy v. Aetna Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
  2. Dooley v. James A. Dooley Associates Employees Retirement PlanIllinois Supreme Court · 1982
  3. Handy v. Uniroyal, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1971
  4. Widows Fund of Sudan Temple v. UmphlettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957
  5. LaMarche v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2002

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