Insurance Co. v. Bangs
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe District, of Minnesota. This was an action on two policies of insurance upon tbe life of James H. Bangs; each for $5,000, issued on tbe 22d of November, 1875, by tbe New York Life Insurance Company, and made payable to tbe plaintiff.
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Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe District, of Minnesota. This was an action on two policies of insurance upon tbe life of James H. Bangs; each for $5,000, issued on tbe 22d of November, 1875, by tbe New York Life Insurance Company, and made payable to tbe plaintiff. It was originally cominenced in a court of tbe State of Minnesota, and was removed tó tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States on tbe petition of tbe company, averring that be was a citizen of Minnesota, and that tbe company was a corporation, created under the laws of New York. To tbe complaint tbe company…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
As seen from the statement of the case, the only matter for our consideration relates to the validity of the decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Michigan, and that depends upon the solution of the question whether the court had jurisdiction of the person of the infant, Edson C. Bangs, the plaintiff here, and of the subject-matter of the suit upon which it acted.
From the view we take of the .case, it will only be necessary to examine the proceedings to see whether the infant was ever brought before the court so as to justify the appointment of a guardian ad…
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