Legal Opinion
Emmett Ellington v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 14, 1954No. 14905PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company filed its bill of interpleader, paying into court the sum of $10,505.64, the proceeds of its group insurance certificate on the life of Clyde A. Ellington, now deceased, and seeking to determine whether Emmett Ellington, Cecil C. Ellington and Mrs. Pattie Rea Layfield, the appellants, or Mrs. Emily Arlene Ellington, who will hereafter be referred to as if she were the sole appellee, are entitled to all or any part of such proceeds. Appellants are the children of Clyde A. Ellington by his first wife, and appellee, his second wife, is the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. KraftCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
- Garabrant v. BurnsTexas Supreme Court · 1938
- Kotch v. KotchTexas Supreme Court · 1952
- Tips v. Security Life & Accident Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1945
- Johnson v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Pan American Fire & Casualty Company v. RevereDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1960
- The Walmac Company, Inc. v. Irving A. IsaacsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1955
- The Mercantile National Bank At Dallas v. The Franklin Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Aetna Life & Casualty Co. v. Mrs. Ruth Spain v. Mrs. Pauline SpainCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- JEFFERSON STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. SmithDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1956
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