LOWE'S OF ROANOKE, INC. v. JEFFERSON STANDARD LIFE INS. CO.


219 F.Supp. 181 (1963)

LOWE'S OF ROANOKE, INC., and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Plaintiffs, v. JEFFERSON STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. LOWE'S STAUNTON HARDWARE, INC., and Lowe's of Oak Hill, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. LOWE'S KNOXVILLE HARDWARE, INC., and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Plaintiffs, v. PILOT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. LOWE'S NORTH WILKESBORO HARDWARE, INC., Lowe's of Bristol, Inc., and Lowe's Hardware of Richmond, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. LIBERTY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. LOWE'S NORTH WILKESBORO HARDWARE, INC., and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Plaintiffs, v. The CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. LOWE'S NORTH WILKESBORO HARDWARE, INC., Plaintiff, v. The CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. LOWE'S NORTH WILKESBORO HARDWARE, INC., Plaintiff, v. FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. LOWE'S NORTH WILKESBORO HARDWARE, INC., Plaintiff, v. The NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

June 25, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordan, Wright, Henson & Nichols, by Perry C. Henson, Greensboro, N. C., for plaintiff.

Wharton, Ivey & Wharton, Greensboro, N. C., for Pilot Life Ins. Co., Liberty Life Ins. Co., Canada Life Assur. Co., Fidelity Mut. Life Ins. Co. and Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co.

McNeill Smith, Greensboro, N. C., for Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co.

Ozmer L. Henry, Lumberton, N. C., for Connecticut Mut. Life Ins. Co.

Lord, Day & Lord, New York City, for defendant.


EDELSTEIN, District Judge.

The defendant insurance companies have moved for an order pursuant to Rule 37(a), Fed.R.Civ.P., to compel a witness to answer certain questions propounded upon his oral deposition. The above-entitled actions are brought by corporate beneficiaries to recover the face amounts of life insurance policies issued on the life on one Henry Carl Buchan, Jr., who died on October 22, 1960. The defendants have denied recovery under the policies on the...

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