Ellis v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROY, District Judge.

The present case involves questions relating to insurance proceeds sought to be paid on the life of William Scroggins, who was killed on June 17, 1980. The parties involved are as follows:

1. The original plaintiffs in this suit were Stephanie Sonnier and Stacy Scrog-gins, the daughters of William Scroggins and Nora Scroggins, his first wife. Although William and Nora separated some three to five years before his death, no. divorce was ever obtained. The Court al lowed the plaintiff to amend the pleadings so as to substitute George Ellis, the administrator…