State Farm Life Insurance v. Smith

66 Ill.2d 591 (1977)

363 N.E.2d 785

STATE FARM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,

v.

ROSA MAE SMITH et al. — (Rosa Mae Smith, Appellant; Everlean Smith et al., Appellees.)

No. 47772.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 23, 1977.

James D. Montgomery and William E. Holland, of Chicago, for appellant.

Howard R. Slater, of Chicago, for appellee Everlean Smith.

John A. Doyle, of Chicago, for appellees Yvette Smith et al.

Aff'd in pt. & rev. in pt. and rem.

State Farm Life Insurance Company filed an interpleader action in the circuit court of Cook County to determine who was entitled to the proceeds of two…