John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. v. Sykes

(sitting by designation) .

The plaintiff filed an interpleader because of the adverse claims .of the North Carolina and Virginia Administrators to the fund which it held. Roy L. Sykes and Betty. Brown- Windham had been issued Letters of Administration on the Estate of Edward Jennings Brown by a Virginia court and Robert Ashley Brown had been issued Letters of Administration by a North Carolina, court. When the case came on for trial counsel for the Administrators announced that an agreement- had been reached and that Robert Ashley Brown was withdrawing or releasing' his claim in favor of…