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STATE FARM INS. CO. v. SMITH

No. 47772.

66 Ill.2d 591 (1977)

363 N.E.2d 785

STATE FARM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, v. ROSA MAE SMITH et al. — (Rosa Mae Smith, Appellant; Everlean Smith et al., Appellees.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Montgomery and William E. Holland, of Chicago, for appellant.

Howard R. Slater, of Chicago, for appellee Everlean Smith.

John A. Doyle, of Chicago, for appellees Yvette Smith et al.

Aff'd in pt. & rev. in pt. and rem.

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

State Farm Life Insurance Company filed an interpleader action in the circuit court of Cook County to determine who was entitled to the proceeds of two policies of insurance on the life of Jesse Lee Smith, who died as the result of two bullet wounds inflicted by Rosa Mae Smith, his wife (hereafter defendant). A complaint was filed charging her with murder, the...

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