Great American Reserve Insurance Co. v. Sanders

POPE, Justice.

Great American Reserve Insurance Company filed an interpleader suit in district court naming as defendants the insured’s ex-wife, Violet Sanders, and surviving widow, Jessie Sanders. The petition also named Hill Metropolitan Funeral Directors, Inc. because of an assignment to it by Violet Sanders for part of the insurance proceeds to cover the insured’s funeral expenses. The trial court awarded the $5000 insurance proceeds to Violet Sanders, less $1208.60 awarded to the funeral home by virtue of its assigned interest, and less $500 attorney fees to the insurer-stakeholder, Great…