METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. CHASE

Civ. A. No. 708-59.

189 F.Supp. 326 (1960)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Rhoda J. CHASE, Charles W. Chase, Elinor R. Chase Jones, Georgia E. Chase Snell and Lawson W. Chase, Defendants.

United States District Court D. New Jersey.

December 6, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Roth, New Brunswick, N. J., by Joseph Stevens, New Brunswick, N. J., for defendant Rhoda Chase.

Bassin & Bassin, Elizabeth, N. J., by Louis Lebowitz, Elizabeth, N. J., of counsel, for defendants Charles W. Chase, Elinor R. Chase Jones, Georgia E. Chase Snell and Lawson W. Chase.


WORTENDYKE, District Judge.

In this interpleader action, of which jurisdiction arises under 28 U.S.C. § 1335 by reason of diversity of citizenship between certain of the defendant claimants, and the involvement of more than $500.00, the Court is asked to determine rights to the proceeds of a life insurance policy, payable by the terms thereof to the widow, if any, or, in the absence thereof, to the children of the deceased insured.

Plaintiff insurer was...

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