O'Hara v. Murphy

This case, brought under the Federal Interpleader Act, 43 Stat. 976, as amended by 49 Stat. 1096, 28 U.S.C.A. § 41(26), is here on appeal from a judgment of the District Court. Evidence was taken before a master and a report was filed by him in which he made findings of fact. These were adopted by the district judge.

The sole issue is whether the appellant relinquished all rights in two *155insurance policies given to her by her late husband, Walter E. O’Hara, on May 2, 1939, by returning them on September 21, 1940. The record is voluminous and not all of it bears directly on the main issue. It is…