Odom v. New York Life Insurance Company

Decision Date02 May 1938
Docket NumberNo. 894,894
Citation58 S.Ct. 948,304 U.S. 566,82 L.Ed. 1532
PartiesSherman E. ODOM and Bertha O. Stephens, petitioners, v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
CourtU.S. Supreme Court

Mr. John R. L. Smith, of Macon, Ga., for petitioners.

For opinion below, see 93 F.2d 641.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

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