STIPCICH v. INSURANCE CO.

No. 97.

277 U.S. 311 (1928)

STIPCICH v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued March 6, 1928.

Decided May 21, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Chester I. Long, with whom Messrs. George E. Chamberlain, Peter Q. Nyce, and G.C. Fulton were on the brief, for Stipcich.

Mr. F. Eldred Boland, with whom Mr. Samuel Knight was on the brief, for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.


MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The plaintiff brought this action in the circuit court for Clatsop County, Oregon, as beneficiary of a policy by which the defendant had insured the life of her husband, Anton Stipcich. The case was removed for diversity of citizenship to the United States district court for Oregon. The company defended principally on the ground that

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