Williams v. Williams

MERRILL, Justice.

The National Life and Accident Insurance Company filed a bill of interpleader admitting a liability of $1,000 on an insurance policy issued on the life of William D. Williams, deceased, alleging conflicting claims between the decedent’s mother and his two minor children by a former marriage. Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society filed a similar bill of interpleader admitting a liability of $5,000 on a certificate insuring the decedent and showing the same conflicting claims as to the proceeds. The cases were consolidated and the trial court held that the children were…