GHOLSON v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

Civ. A. No. 2492.

92 F.Supp. 858 (1950)

GHOLSON v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. et al.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

September 28, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mat Davis, Gilmer, Tex., Booth, Lockard & Jack, Shreveport, La., for plaintiff.

Chas. L. Mayer, Jackson & Mayer, Shreveport, La., for Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Dixon Carroll, Shreveport, La., for Magnolia Petroleum Co.

Thomas H. Howard, Dallas, Tex., for Mrs. J. H. Wilmoth.

Morgan, Baker & Skeels, Shreveport, La., White & Yarborough, Dallas, Tex., for Mrs. Ethel Wilmoth Roper.

Robert W. Dean, Navasota, Tex., Browne, Browne & Bodenheimer, Shreveport, La., for Mrs. Margaret Elaine Wilmoth.


DAWKINS, Chief Judge.

This is a controversy over the proceeds of a benefit certificate issued to John R. Wilmoth, now deceased, on the first day of January, 1940, under a group insurance policy covering employees of the Standard Oil Company of New York and its subsidiaries.

The insured was twice married. The first wife was originally named as beneficiary in 1940, but during the pendency of divorce proceedings which terminated in 1941, it was changed to his...

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