Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Johnson

CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff herein has brought this action under the Federal Interpleader Statute, Title 28 U.SsC.A. § 1335. Plaintiff, a stakeholder of the proceeds of a life insurance policy, has been given leave to deposit the policy funds into the registry of the Court to there await disposition of the rights of the adverse claimant defendants. Plaintiff is presently before the Court on its motion for the allowance of attorneys’ fees out of the proceeds of the policy.

Over fifteen years ago in the case of Illinois Bankers Life Assurance Company v. Blood, D.C., 69 F.Supp. 705, I was…