ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY v. MARTIN

No. S 61 C 29.

209 F.Supp. 259 (1962)

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff, v. Connie MARTIN, surviving wife of Farrel Lee Martin, deceased, Nora Belle Sloan, surviving wife of Rolla Alexander Sloan, deceased, and Mary Voyles, surviving wife of Virgil Voyles, deceased, and Nora Belle Sloan, administratrix of the estate of Rolla Alexander Sloan, deceased, Sidney Voyles, administrator of the estate of Virgil Voyles, deceased, Thomas M. Voyles, Jr., Lawrence S. (Bob) Martin, and Kathryn Cheryl Voyles, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Missouri, Southeastern Division.

June 6, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hyde, Purcell & Wilhoit, Poplar Bluff, Mo., for plaintiff.

Robert B. Baker, Ellington, Mo., Robert A. Dempster, Sikeston, Mo., William H. Bruce, Jr., Centerville, Mo., Jackson & Thomasson, Cape Girardeau, Mo., Schnapp & Cooper, Fredericktown, Mo., for defendants.


HARPER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, Allstate Insurance Company, is incorporated in and has its principal place of business in Illinois. Defendants, individuals, all reside in and are citizens of Missouri, and the amount in controversy exceeds $10,000 exclusive of interest and costs. Jurisdiction, therefore, attaches under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332.

Plaintiff's prayer that the court "declare the rights and duties of the...

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