JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. TARRENCE

No. 12940.

244 F.2d 86 (1957)

JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Clyda TARRENCE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

May 15, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Bullitt, Louisville, Ky. (Wm. Marshall Bullitt, M. Brooks Senn (of Bullitt, Dawson & Tarrant), Louisville, Ky., on the brief), for appellant.

Sandy Paniello, Louisville, Ky., for appellee.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and MARTIN and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


STEWART, Circuit Judge.

In this case a Kentucky district judge was called upon to resolve a narrow and elusive question of New York law. His decision is now reviewed by a court composed of judges from Michigan, Tennessee and Ohio. Such an anomaly, though not unfamiliar, is never fortunate.

The facts are not in dispute. The appellee was the beneficiary of life insurance policies aggregating $9,300, issued by the appellant company on the life of her husband...

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