McKinnon v. Reliance Insurance Co.

Oscar Barnes and his wife, Maude C. Barnes, perished in a common disaster by drowning in Halifax River, December 25, 1930. There is no way of knowing which one survived the other. They held two policies of insurance in the Reliance Insurance Company, appellee, aggregating Ten Thousand, Twenty-four, and Two One-hundredths Dollars ($10,024.02). The appellants both laid claim to this fund. The appellee deposited it in the registry of the court and filed its bill in equity praying that appellants be required to interplead for the purpose of determining to which of them the said funds belonged and…