New York Life Insurance v. Rak

This case comes to us upon the granting of a petition for leave to appeal from a decision of the Appellate Court, First District,- which affirmed in part and reversed in part and remanded, with directions, a decree of the superior court of Cook County.

The New York Life Insurance Company filed an inter-pleader suit wherein the proceeds of two policies of life insurance upon the life of Joseph Rak were deposited with the clerk of the court to be paid as the court should direct. The complaint set up that the rival claimants were Lillian Rak, widow of the insured, in the capacity of…