ROECKER v. UNITED STATES

No. 21926.

379 F.2d 400 (1967)

Mrs. Bettie Hallie Stirling ROECKER, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Samuel Carter Stirling, Deceased and Mrs. Nola Chiles, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred N. Crisler, E. B. Todd, Jackson, Miss., Nola Chiles, in pro. per., W. E. Gore, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for appellants.

B. Stirling Tighe, Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., for appellees.

Before BROWN, BURGER, and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied July 3, 1967, en banc.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

These cases, consolidated in the District Court, seek to determine the lawful beneficiary of a $10,000 National Service Life Insurance policy on the life of the late S. Carter Stirling. One case is an interpleader action brought by the United States as the insurer. See 38 U.S.C. § 784(a). The other is an action in the nature of a bill of review removed to the district court from the Chancery...

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