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KING v. ORDER OF TRAVELERS

No. 171.

333 U.S. 153 (1948)

KING v. ORDER OF UNITED COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS OF AMERICA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 8, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse W. Boyd and Harvey W. Johnson argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

E.W. Dillon and C.F. Haynsworth, Jr. argued the cause for respondent. With them on the brief was F. Dean Rainey.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE VINSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit to obtain payment of the proceeds of a $5,000 insurance policy. Federal jurisdiction is founded on diversity of citizenship, and, for present purposes, South Carolina law is controlling.1 We granted certiorari2 in order to determine whether the Circuit Court of Appeals' refusal to follow the...

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