Commonwealth Life Ins. v. Lowry

BARKER, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Commonwealth Life Insurance Company, instituted this suit by filing a bill of interpleader, in which it alleged that it had issued a policy of insurance on the life of Robert A. Stevens, that said insured had died, and that there was due to be paid under said policy the sum of $3,049.89. It further alleged that the fund was claimed by Ruth Shields Stevens Lowry, who, at the time of the issuance of the policy, was the wife of Robert A. Stevens and named in the policy as beneficiary, but who later divorced the insured, and by Blanche D. Sharp, a sister of the…