Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. Hughes

LEMLEY, District Judge.

This cause having been tried to the Court, the Court now files this memorandum opinion in lieu of formal findings of fact and conclusions of law as authorized by Rule 52 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A.

The plaintiff, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, hereinafter sometimes called Equitable, filed its bill of interpleader herein under the provisions of 28 U.S.C.A. § 1335, against Mrs. Edna M. Hughes, a citizen of Arkansas, and Mrs. Lizbeth P. Hughes, a citizen of Texas, to secure a discharge from liability with respect to the…