Metropolitan Life Ins. v. English

COOPER, District Judge.

Each defendant claimant having brought an action on the policy in suit, the plaintiff insurance company filed this bill of interpleader under the statute, to bring both claimants into one court to determine the ownership of the proceeds of the policy in suit.

The policy was one of life insurance, and was taken out by the decedent, Jesse Ta)dor English, at Hartford, Conn., the 3d day of November, 1920, for the sum of $1,000. By its terms the policy was made payable to his estate. The policy contained the usual provision reserving to the insured the right to assign the…