NAT'L LIFE INS. CO. v. NAT'L LIFE INS. CO.

No. 162.

209 U.S. 317 (1908)

NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 6, 1908.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. L.A. Stebbins, with whom Mr. W.H. Sears was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Henry Russell Platt for appellee National Life Insurance Company.


MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The record shows that the defendant company was first incorporated in Vermont in 1848 by act of the legislature, under the name "National Life Insurance Company of the United States," but in 1858 the legislature of that State altered the name to "National Life Insurance Company," and this was ten years prior to the incorporation...

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