AMERICAN CAS. CO. v. M. S. L. INDUSTRIES, INC., HOWARD IND. DIV.

No. 17065.

406 F.2d 1219 (1969)

AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY, an Illinois corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. M. S. L. INDUSTRIES, INC., HOWARD INDUSTRIES DIVISION, a Wisconsin corporation, Defendant-Appellant, and First National Bank of Kenosha, as Executor for Estate of Elmer E. Stanley, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

February 7, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. List, Henry L. Mason, III, Chicago, Ill., John J. Burke, Milwaukee, Wis., Leibman, Williams, Bennett, Baird & Minow, Chicago, Ill., Burke & Schoetz, Milwaukee, Wis., of counsel, for appellant.

Robert E. Newman, Kenosha, Wis., Robert A. Slattery, Milwaukee, Wis., Lucareli, Newman & Ungemach, Kenosha, Wis., for appellee.

Before CASTLE, Chief Judge, and DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge, and KILEY, Circuit Judge.


CASTLE, Chief Judge.

This appeal arises from an interpleader action brought by American Casualty Company to determine the beneficiaries of a $50,000 life insurance policy issued to appellant, MSL Industries, on the life of Elmer E. Stanley, a plant manager of MSL's Howard Industries Division. The executor of Mr. Stanley's estate, the First National Bank of Kenosha, Wisconsin, claimed all the proceeds, and MSL claimed half the proceeds. The district court, in an opinion...

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