Franklin Life Insurance Company v. Strickland

MEMORANDUM ORDER

KEADY, Chief Judge.

The court has before it the cross-motions for summary judgment of Emma L. Strickland and Anna Jean Jackson, opposing claimants of diverse citizenship, to funds paid into court by Franklin Life Insurance Company, as plaintiff in an interpleader action brought under 28 U.S.C. § 1335 and Rule 22, F.R.Civ.P. The interpleaded fund amounts to $20,-458.98.

The essential facts, for present purposes, are as follows: On March 9, 1971, plaintiff issued to Jerry Jackson as insured a life insurance policy, by the terms of which the insured’s wife, Anna Jean Jackson, was…