Sharp v. American Nat. Ins. Co.

CODY, Justice.

This is a stakeholder’s suit to have the rights of claimants to the proceeds of two insurance policies, totalling. $1,250, determined so that the American National Insurance Company might, with safety, make payments.

Appellant, Mrs. Gladys Sharp, a surviving sister of the insured, who had qualified as temporary administratrix, based her claim to the proceeds on the ground that he had died intestate, unmarried, and without any surviving children.

Appellee, Mrs. Frances Parsutt, based her claim on the ground that she was the beneficiary named in the policies, and that she was his…