Woodfin v. Neal

J. T. Woodfin, Sr., administrator of the estate of Hubert Lowrey, deceased, filed a bill of interpleader, asking the eourt to determine the rights of claimants to the proceeds óf a policy of life insurance, whether it should be paid to “Sam M. Neal, employer, as his interest may appear,” under the policy, or to the dis-tributees, of the estate of said Hubert Lowrey, under the laws of distribution of the state of Tennessee.

Sam M. Neal filed an answer and cross-bill, asserting that he had acted in loco parentis to Hubert Lowrey for six years and therefore had an insurable interest in his life,…