METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. JACKSON

Civ. A. No. 26443.

178 F.Supp. 361 (1959)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. David Samuel JACKSON, a minor, Millie A. Hynson, guardian of David Samuel Jackson, and Ruth Jackson, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Samuel D. Jackson.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

Order October 27, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owen B. Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

David Justin Dean, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant minor and his guardian.

Ruth Jackson—appeared as her own attorney.


VAN DUSEN, District Judge.

Plaintiff issued a life insurance policy in the face amount of $2,000 on the life of Samuel D. Jackson. The insured died on January 23, 1959, and plaintiff was apprised of the fact that there were two claimants to the proceeds, David Samuel Jackson (also referred to by defendant Ruth Jackson by other names) and Ruth Jackson, the latter claiming both individually and as administratrix of the decedent's estate. On June 3, 1959, plaintiff filed...

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