WESTERN INDEMNITY CO. v. RUPP

No. 50.

235 U.S. 261 (1914)

WESTERN LIFE INDEMNITY COMPANY OF ILLINOIS v. RUPP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 30, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry Burnett, Mr. Pendleton Beckley, Mr. H.W. Batson, Mr. Graddy Cary, Mr. Thomas J. Graydon and Mr. John M. Scott for plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.M. Chilton, Mr. James P. Edwards, Mr. Charles F. Ogden and Mr. R.F. Peak for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

In September, 1907, plaintiff in error, an Illinois corporation organized under the general laws of that State applicable to life insurance, issued to one George McCormick, a resident of Louisville, Kentucky, two policies, each insuring his life in the sum of $1,000, for the benefit of his nephew, Clarence Rupp, if living, otherwise for the benefit of the executors of...

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