Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Skov

JAMES ALGER FEE, District Judge.

Plaintiff commenced this civil action to determine to which of the parties there should be paid the proceeds of certain insurance policies upon the life of George W. Snyder. One defendant, Tamzan Snyder, counterclaimed against the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, the insurer, for certain payments theretofore made by the latter as permanent and total disability benefits. Based on a definitive pre-trial order, the matter was tried to the court without a jury.

The facts are little in dispute. Georg!e W. Snyder and Tamzan Snyder were married prior to the…