Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Stewart

Plaintiff filed a bill of interpleader to determine whether the proceeds of a policy on the life of Miller Stewart should be paid to the administratrix, with will annexed, of his estate or to one Rosie Stewart, who claims to have been the common-law wife of Miller Stewart at the time of his death. The policy was originally made out to Daisy Stewart, the wife of the insured, who pre-deceased him. The certificate of insurance provided that if there was no designated beneficiary at the time the benefits should become payable, then it should be payable to the. wife or husband of the insured, if…