Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. Howe

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

In the court below, Lenora J. Howe, a citizen of Pennsylvania and the beneficiary in two policies of life insurance issued by the National Life Association, a corporate citizen of Iowa, on the life of her husband, brought suit thereon against that company and recovered a verdict.. She, likewise, as beneficiary brought suit against the Fidelity & Casualty Company, a corporate citizen of New York, on certain accident policies issued to her husband and recovered a verdict. Each company took an appeal, and as they involve substantially the same situation, their appeals…