JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. COHEN

No. 15619.

254 F.2d 417 (1958)

JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, v. Mary Troutfelt COHEN, Appellee. Mary Troutfelt COHEN, Appellant, v. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

March 26, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry C. Clausen, Richard G. Burns, Keesling & Keesling, William H. Keesling, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Moses Lasky, Richard Haas, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before HEALY, LEMMON and BARNES, Circuit Judges.


BARNES, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit between a citizen of New Mexico and a citizen of Massachusetts begun in the Superior Court of San Francisco and removed to the Federal Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332, 1441. Removal was proper. The District Court found a contract of insurance to exist, that defendant breached its contract, and awarded the full amount then due, and to become due, under the contract. The District...

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