LINCOLN NAT. LIFE INS. CO. v. SCALES

No. 6692.

62 F.2d 582 (1933)

LINCOLN NAT. LIFE INS. CO. v. SCALES. WRIGHT v. SCALES et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 13, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. L. Adkins and C. B. Reeder, both of Amarillo, Tex., for appellants.

A. A. Lumpkin, H. H. Cooper, S. A. L. Morgan, and D. H. Culton, all of Amarillo, Tex., for appellees.

Before BRYAN, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

Scales, as trustee in bankruptcy of Amarillo Furniture Company, sued to collect a policy of $100,000 issued by the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company on the life of Spencer H. Wright. Wright's executor, Mary Alice Wright, intervened according to Texas practice to claim the fund. Each of the three litigants moved for a directed verdict, and the court directed it in favor of the trustee. Separate appeals from the resulting judgment were taken...

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