John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Heidrick

This is an interpleader suit to determine who is entitled to the proceeds of a life insurance policy in the amount of $1,000 on the life of Frederick V. Heidrick. The suit is brought by the insurance company and joins as defendants the first wife and the widow of the insured, who died on February 7th, 1943. The policy, which had run for several years prior to the death of the insured, was payable by its terms to "his wife, Annette M. Heidrick," who was his first wife and who had secured a divorce from him, which became final on February 25th, 1942. He married the other defendant on September…