PHOENIX MUT. LIFE INS. CO. v. ADAMS

No. 93-2119.

30 F.3d 554 (1994)

PHOENIX MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. William Jackson ADAMS, IV, Defendant-Appellant, Rosita L. Adams, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Ussery Gunn, Holcombe, Bomar, Cothran & Gunn, P.A., Spartanburg, SC, for appellant. Blaney A. Coskrey, III, Glenn, Irvin, Murphy, Gray & Stepp, Columbia, SC, for appellee. ON BRIEF: Perry D. Boulier, Holcombe, Bomar, Cothran & Gunn, P.A., J. Mark Hayes, II, Harrison & Hayes, Spartanburg, SC, for appellant. Wilmot B. Irvin, Glenn, Irvin, Murphy, Gray & Stepp, Columbia, SC, for appellee.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge, and HARVEY, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MURNAGHAN wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge ERVIN and Senior Judge HARVEY joined.

OPINION

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

Following the death of William Jackson Adams III (Bill), his son William Jackson Adams IV (Jack), and his wife Rosita, both claimed the proceeds of one of Bill's life insurance policies. The insurer, Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company (Phoenix), filed an interpleader action with the United...

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