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- Title: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v.
- Author : Supreme Court of Idaho No. 13563
- Release Date : January 12, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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The sole issue on this appeal is the existence of a valid common law marriage between appellant Lenore Jensen Johnson and the decedent, Lyle E. Johnson. The appeal is from a judgment in an interpleader action distributing the proceeds of a life insurance policy. The trial court held that appellant was not the common law wife of the decedent and awarded the proceeds of the life insurance policy to the decedent's children, the respondents here. We reverse. Lyle E. Johnson was covered by a policy of insurance on his life written by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and upon his death conflicting claims to the proceeds were asserted by Lenore Jensen Johnson and by the decedent's five children, and Metropolitan therefore filed this interpleader action, deposited approximately $11,500 into court, and was dismissed. The beneficiary of the policy was left undesignated, and the policy provided in such event that the proceeds were payable to his surviving spouse or, if he left no spouse, to his children. Lenore Jensen Johnson answered the complaint of Metropolitan and cross-claimed against the Johnson children asserting that she, as the decedent's widow, was entitled to the proceeds. The Johnson children answered and cross-claimed denying the existence of the marriage between Lenore Jensen Johnson and Lyle Johnson and asserted their right to the proceeds since Lyle Johnson did not leave a surviving spouse.