JOHN HANCOCK INS. CO. v. YATES

No. 146.

299 U.S. 178 (1936)

JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. YATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 7, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Alex W. Smith, Jr., and Byron K. Elliott submitted for petitioner.

Mr. Edgar Watkins submitted for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In May, 1932, the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, a Massachusetts corporation, insured the life of Harmon H. Yates, agreeing to pay upon his death $2,000 to his wife. The policy was applied for, issued and delivered, in New York, where he and his wife resided; and they remained there until his death of cancer in the following month. Then his widow removed to Georgia, and brought, in a court of that...

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