Universal Assurors Life Insurance v. Hohnstein

I. STATEMENT OF CASE

The death of the decedent, David A. Halstead, obligated the plaintiff-appellee interpleader, Universal Assurors Life Insurance Company, to pay benefits under the provisions of three separate certificates of credit life insurance it had issued in favor of First State Bank, Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and others. Both the decedent’s mother, the defendant-appellant claimant, Bertha Hohnstein, and the decedent’s former wife, the defendant-appellee claimant, Elizabeth A. Halstead, demand the residual proceeds, that is, the*amount of benefits exceeding the sums Universal remitted to…