JOHN HANCOCK MUT. LIFE INS. CO. v. DOUGLASS

No. 8948.

156 F.2d 367 (1946)

JOHN HANCOCK MUT. LIFE INS. CO. v. DOUGLASS. KELLY v. SAME.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

June 27, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry J. Myerson, Harry George, and Meyer Abrams, all of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Walter B. Prendergast and John P. Carey, both of Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before SPARKS, KERNER, and MINTON, Circuit Judges.


SPARKS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal in an interpleader suit, instituted by the insurer, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, against appellant and appellee. The full amount due on the policy was paid into court, and the Company was discharged from further liability. The question here presented is whether the insured had effectively changed the beneficiary of his policy, No. 1963884, from Margaret, his wife at the time the policy issued

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