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EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR. SOC. OF UNITED STATES v. WILKINS

No. 1776.

44 F.Supp. 594 (1942)

EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR. SOC. OF UNITED STATES v. WILKINS et al.

District Court, E. D. New York.

April 9, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander & Green, of New York City (Herbert S. Ogden, of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Francis X. McGowan, of New York City (Paul R. Shaw, of New York City, of counsel), for defendant Florence M. Wilkins.

Fraser, Speir, Meyer & Kidder, of New York City (Gove B. Harrington and C. Clark Stover, Jr., both of New York City, of counsel), for defendant Veronica Wilkins.

MOSCOWITZ, District Judge.

This is an action of interpleader brought by the insurance company with the first and second wives of the decedent as contestants. The life insurance in issue was issued under a group policy taken out by the decedent's employer. That policy gave the insured the right to change the beneficiary and furthermore contained the following clause: "No assignment by any employee of any insurance under this policy shall be valid."

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