ELLINGTON v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 14905.

217 F.2d 609 (1954)

Emmett ELLINGTON et al., Appellants, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 14, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace C. Franklin, Jr., Dallas, Tex., R. Matt Dawson, Corsicana, Tex., H. L. Williford, Fairfield, Tex., Dawson & Dawson, Corsicana, Tex., for appellant.

Hawkins Golden, Dallas, Tex., Wallace C. Franklin, Jr., Dallas, Tex., and H. L. Williford, Fairfield, Tex., for appellee Emily Arlene Ellington.

Before BORAH, RIVES and TUTTLE, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company filed its bill of interpleader, paying into court the sum of $10,505.64, the proceeds of its group insurance certificate on the life of Clyde A. Ellington, now deceased, and seeking to determine whether Emmett Ellington, Cecil C. Ellington and Mrs. Pattie Rea Layfield, the appellants, or Mrs. Emily Arlene Ellington, who will hereafter be referred to as if she were...

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