MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. SPRATLEY

No. 183.

172 U.S. 602 (1899)

CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. SPRATLEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 30, 1899.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. B.M. Estes, with whom was Mr. Francis Fentress on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Thomas B. Turley and Mr. Luke E. Wright for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error filed its bill against the defendant in error in the chancery court of Shelby County, Tennessee, for the purpose of enjoining her from taking any proceedings under a judgment by default which she had obtained in the State of Tennessee, against the corporation, upon certain policies of insurance, and also for the purpose of obtaining a decree pronouncing...

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