Margery Fisher Candler and William Wallace Candler v. Louise C. Donaldson and the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company

SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company brought this interpleader action in the District Court for the purpose of determining whether the wife or the mother of Wheaton F. Candler was entitled to the proceeds of a life insurance policy issued by the insurance company upon the life of Wheaton F. Candler, the insured.

The facts are not in dispute. Margery F. Candler and Wheaton F. Candler were married on or about November 8, 1954, and remained husband and wife up to and including the time of the insured’s death. 'Shortly after the marriage the insurance…