ELLIS v. JOHN HANCOCK MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. LR-C-81-141.

586 F.Supp. 649 (1984)

George D. ELLIS, Administrator of the Estate of William J. Scroggins, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company, Defendants, Sharon Scroggins, Estate of William J. Scroggins, Deceased, by Its Duly Authorized Executors, Joel Price and Nora Marks Scroggins, Third-Party-Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, W.D.

May 8, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Baxter, Benton, Ark., for plaintiff.

James D. Storey, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, Ark., for Farmers New World Life Ins. Co.

Don F. Hamilton, House, Holmes & Jewell, Little Rock, Ark., for John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.

Joel W. Price, Fort Smith, Ark., for Sharon Scroggins and Joel Price.

John Tarlton Olivier, Sunset, La., for Nora Marks Scroggins.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROY, District Judge.

The present case involves questions relating to insurance proceeds sought to be paid on the life of William Scroggins, who was killed on June 17, 1980. The parties involved are as follows:

1. The original plaintiffs in this suit were Stephanie Sonnier and Stacy Scroggins, the daughters of William Scroggins and Nora Scroggins, his first wife. Although William and Nora separated some three to five years before...

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