Federal Insurance v. Quint

NEESE, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

This is an original civil action of interpleader by the Federal Insurance Company and its insureds, The Pittston Company and The Pittston Clinchfield Coal Sales Corporation, which had in their custody or possession prior to its commencement, $25,000, the amount due under the former’s policy of insurance *270no. CHL 1-25745 issued to its coplaintiffs for the death of Robert J. Quint, a member of the crew, resulting from the crash of Jet Commander aircraft no. N-236JP, near Rural Retreat, Virginia on October 31, 1969. 28 U.S.C. § 1335(a). The…