English v. Insurance Company of North America

OPINION

CLAYTON, Chief Judge.

This case originated when Mrs. Edna Talley English, plaintiff, filed her declaration against defendant, Insurance Company of North America, in the Circuit Court of Clay County, Mississippi, seeking to recover $50,000.00 as the named beneficiary with respect to a certificate of insurance issued by defendant on the life of Elbert W. English, her deceased husband. The case was removed by defendant to this court on the basis of diversity. After removal and before a responsive pleading by defendant had been served, the declaration was amended by exhibiting a copy of…