John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. v. Douglass

SPARKS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal in an interpleader suit, instituted by the insurer, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, against appellant and appellee. The full amount due on the policy was paid into court, and the Company was discharged from further liability. The question here presented is whether the insured had effectively changed the beneficiary of his policy, No. 1963884, from Margaret, his wife at the time the policy issued. *368to Lauretta, his wife at the time of his death. The court found that no change in the designation had been made during the lifetime of the insured,…