Reid v. Durboraw
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
■ Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore; John C. Rose, Judge. Bill of interpleader by the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company against Katherine Reid and Ethel Banta Durboraw. From a judgment in favor of Durboraw (263 Fed. 451), Reid appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
We adopt the following clear statement of facts made by the District Judge:
• “On July 31,1915, the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, hereinafter called the ‘company,’ issued a policy for $5,000 to Raymond H. Dur-boraw. As he was then unmarried, it was made payable to his sister, Katherine Reid; but he reserved the right to change the beneficiary when and as often as he saw fit, by filing at the company’s home office a written request for such change,.to take effect only when endorsed by the company on the policy. Nearly three years later, he wrote to the agent…
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