BELL v. RALSTON PURINA COMPANY

No. 5808.

257 F.2d 31 (1958)

Mary Jane BELL, personally, and as Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Robert W. Bell, deceased, Appellant, v. RALSTON PURINA COMPANY, a corporation, and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

July 8, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Homer Cowan, Norman, Okl., for appellant.

Wallace E. Robertson, of Robinson, Shipp, Robertson & Barnes, Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellee.

Before MURRAH, PICKETT and LEWIS, Circuit Judges.


PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought by the plaintiff on behalf of herself, and also as executrix of her husband's estate, to recover total and permanent disability payments based on allegations that the defendant Ralston Purina Company had entered into a contract with her husband, an employee of Ralston, to make these payments. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was made a defendant because it carried group insurance on Ralston's employees. It was...

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