Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Sussman

The complainant, by its bill, prays that a policy of accident insurance issued by it to the defendant be surrendered up and canceled, because, as alleged, it was obtained by fraud. Inherently, equity has jurisdiction over all cases of fraud. Eggers v. Anderson, 63 N.J. Eq. 264; CommercialCasualty Insurance Co. v. Southern Surety Co., 100 N.J. Eq. 92;affirmed, 101 N.J. Eq. 738. It appears that the defendant instituted an action at law against the complainant in the Hudson county circuit court, and the complainant effected the removal thereof to the United States district court, in which latter…