Metropolitan Life Insurance v. O'Ferrall Ochart

OPINION AND ORDER

FUSTE, District Judge.

This is an interpleader action brought by plaintiff Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (Metropolitan) under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1335. The amount in controversy exceeds $500. The adverse claimants satisfy the requirement of diversity of citizenship. In the instant case, Metropolitan interpleaded Alberto O’Ferrall Ochart and George Henneberger and Zulma E. Henneberger, as legal guardians for the minor Sigrid M. O’Ferrall Santiago, all of whom claim to be entitled to an amount owed under a life insurance policy.

Decedent Alberto G. O’Ferrall…