Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society v. Arceneaux

TATE, Judge.

This is a concursus proceeding. LSA-R.S. 13:4811 et seq. Plaintiff, a fraternal benefit society, deposited into the registry of the court the sum of $1,998.12, being the net death benefit payable on a “life certificate” (equivalent to a life insurance policy) held by Eddie Arceneaux, who was killed in an automobile accident on October 14, ,1956. The certificate’s designated *149beneficiary, the decedent’s third wife, appeals from judgment awarding such proceeds to the other claimant thereto, the decedent’s only surviving child, born of a previous marriage. The latter is now the…