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SANTOVENIA v. CONFEDERATION LIFE ASSOCIATION

No. 71-2928.

460 F.2d 805 (1972)

Zoila SANTOVENIA and Lorenzo Santovenia, etc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CONFEDERATION LIFE ASSOCIATION, etc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 31, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Henderson, Malcolm Lewis Kneale, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Phillip G. Newcomm, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, GEWIN and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This action was brought by Cuban nationals now residing in Florida to recover in dollars the proceeds of a life insurance policy issued in Cuba which by its terms was payable in Cuba and in Cuban pesos. The district court, finding that the insurance contract was governed by Cuban law and that under Cuban law plaintiffs could recover only in Cuba and in pesos, entered summary judgment in favor of defendant insurance company. We affirm the judgment...

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