John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Imogene N. Johnson, Etc. v. Lois S. Johnson

John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company (JHMLIC) initiated this inter-pleader action in federal district court seeking resolution of conflicting claims by a decedent’s former wife, appellee — Imogene Johnson, and by his widow, appellant — Lois Johnson, to the proceeds to a $50,000 life insurance policy issued by JHMLIC on the life of the decedent, Jodie Johnson. Imogene Johnson filed a motion for summary judgment and attached documentary evidence demonstrating that she was entitled to the insurance proceeds under the express terms of a divorce decree entered into between the decedent and…