Manhattan Life Insurance v. Evanek

OPINION

SIMMONS, District Judge.

I

This is an interpleader action filed by the Manhattan Life Insurance Company of New York to determine the rights to insurance proceeds under a policy of insurance in the amount of $50,000 issued by the Plaintiff Insurance Company to Raymond T. Evanek.

There are two rival claimants for the proceeds of the policy herein involved. The first claimant is Defendant Charlotte Evanek, the designated beneficiary on the March 24, 1974 enrollment card, who was then the wife of Raymond Thomas Evanek, *480the insured, who is now deceased. However, the insured and Charlotte…