Mrs. Peggy Roberson Brewer Jaudon v. Prudential Insurance Company of America and Mrs. Alice L. Roberson Colbert

WEICK, Circuit Judge.

The action in the District Court was for interpleader and declaratory judgment. It was brought by plaintiff, Prudential Life Insurance Company, against defendants, Mrs. Alice L. Roberson Colbert and Mrs. Peggy Roberson Brewer Jaudon. Mrs. Colbert was the widow of the insured, Murray A. Roberson, and the named beneficiary of his insurance. She had remarried at the time of trial. Mrs. Jaudon was one of his sisters.

Two questions were at issue in this case.

The first question was whether the death of the insured Murray Roberson resulted from accidental means as provided in…