FLOURNOY v. HEWGLEY

No. 5253.

234 F.2d 213 (1956)

Woodrow FLOURNOY, Administrator of the Estate of Pearl Evelyn Hewgley, Deceased, Appellant, v. J. M. HEWGLEY, Jr., Mary Elizabeth Babcock, and Margaret Corbett Singleterry, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

June 1, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harley W. Van Cleave and Raymond B. Thomas, Tulsa, Okl., for appellant.

John M. Gephart, Wagoner, Okl., and Julian B. Fite, Muskogee, Okl., for appellees.

Before MURRAH and PICKETT, Circuit Judges, and HILL, District Judge.


HILL, District Judge.

This action was originally brought by Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, as an interpleader action, to determine which of several claimants are entitled to receive the proceeds of two life policies. It is a diversity case.

Some years ago one James M. Hewgley contracted with the insurer for these two policies and reserved the right to change the beneficiary designation. Thereafter, and in 1953, the insured changed the beneficiary designation...

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