WOOD v. OLD SEC. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 79-1870.

643 F.2d 1209 (1981)

June Davis WOOD, Administratrix of the Estate of Lewis Melvin Wood, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. OLD SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, Bank of Red Bay, Defendant-Cross-Appellee, Billy Marl Bolton, Pat Childers, Ollis Weatherford, and Dr. Z. L. Weatherford, Partners, d/b/a Weatherford Insurance Agency, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

May 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. P. Mitchell, William M. Beasley, Tupelo, Miss., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Mitchell, McNutt, Bush, Lagrone & Sams, William C. Murphree, L. F. Sams, Jr., Tupelo, Miss., for Old Security Life Insurance Co.

Russell & Russell, Frank A. Russell, Thomas E. Childs, Jr., Fulton, Miss., for June Davis Wood.

Before INGRAHAM, GEE and TATE, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

Appellee June Davis Wood (plaintiff), administratrix of the estate of Lewis Melvin Wood, deceased, filed suit in the Circuit Court of Itawamba County, Mississippi, against Old Security Life Insurance Company ("Old Security") to recover proceeds under a policy of credit life insurance. Old Security, on the basis of diversity of citizenship, removed the action to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. After removal...

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