BRANDON v. COLLINS

No. 314, Docket 25473.

267 F.2d 731 (1959)

Russell H. BRANDON et al., as Trustees, Plaintiffs, v. Ella COLLINS, Defendant, and Helen Mae Blakeny, Defendant-Appellee, and Vivian A. Ryan, Individually and as Administratrix of Estate of Joseph Arthur Ryan, deceased, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided June 8, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving A. Cook, Brooklyn, N. Y., for appellant.

Hanrahan & Costello, New York City, Joseph M. Costello, New York City, of counsel, for appellee.

Before SWAN, HINCKS and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The trustees of Seafarers Welfare Plan brought an action of interpleader to have the court determine which of the three claimants named as defendants was entitled to the death benefit of $3,400 payable to the designated beneficiary of Joseph A. Ryan or, lacking a designated beneficiary, to his estate. The court awarded the fund to defendant Helen Mae Blakeny. Vivian A. Ryan, individually and as administratrix of the estate of Joseph A. Ryan, has appealed...

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