Connecticut General Life Insurance v. Peterson

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

RUSSELL G. CLARK, District Judge.

This is an action filed under the provisions of the interpleader act, 28 U.S.C. § 1335, § 1397 and § 2361 to determine who is entitled to receive the proceeds of a certificate of life insurance issued by plaintiff, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company to Wilbur Payne Peterson. The certificate was issued pursuant to a policy of group life insurance issued to the Gulf Oil Corporation, the former employer of the insured, Wilbur Payne Peterson. The certificate was issued on March 1, 1966. At the time the complaint was filed there was due…