PROVIDENT LIFE & ACCIDENT INS. CO. v. DOTSON

Civ. A. No. 543.

93 F.Supp. 538 (1950)

PROVIDENT LIFE & ACCIDENT INS. CO. v. DOTSON et al.

United States District Court S. D. West Virginia, Huntington Division.

October 6, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steptoe & Johnson and Charles W. Yeager, of Charleston, W. Va., for plaintiff.

F. H. Combs, of Grundy, Va., and Buford C. Tynes, of Huntington, W. Va., for defendant Amanda Dotson.

Joseph W. Fitchett, of Huntington, W. Va., for defendant Clemmie Dotson.


WATKINS, District Judge.

This is an action of interpleader brought by plaintiff insurance company to determine whether Clemmie Dotson, wife, or Amanda Dotson, mother of the insured, is entitled to the proceeds of a group life insurance certificate issued to Robert Dotson, now deceased.

Plaintiff issued its group policy of life and accident insurance to Panther Coal Company, of Blackey, Virginia, on May 1, 1945. Robert Dotson, an employee of the coal company...

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