United States v. Norman

HENLEY, District Judge.

This is an interpleader action brought by the Government to determine ownership of the balance of the proceeds of a National Service Life Insurance policy on the life of Mildred Norman Hammond remaining unpaid upon the death of the named beneficiary, Mildred B. Norman. The case has been submitted upon the pleadings, a stipulation of facts, and written briefs.

The defendants, William C. Norman, Lawrence H. Norman, and Judith Adelaide Graves, are the surviving heirs at law of the insured, and, as such, claim the *310fund in controversy in its entirety.1 The defendant Joseph…