Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. v. Von Hamm-Young

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

COKE, C. J.

By a bill of interpleader the petitioner, Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, sought in the court below to have a judicial determination of the rights of the several respondents in a fund of $10,000 in the possession of the petitioner, which fund represents the proceeds of a group life insurance policy issued by petitioner to Joseph Ralph Fisher, who died September 17, 1934. It is alleged in the bill that conflicting claims to said fund have been asserted by respondents, and the petitioner being un: able to ascertain the facts and in doubt as to which of…