Hamberg v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York

Defendant appeals from a judgment for $1,203.22, the amount of death benefits then payable to plaintiff in instalments under an insurance policy for $5,000, issued August 14,1940 by defendant on the life of Stanley H. Hamberg.

Over plaintiff’s objection the cause, commenced in the circuit court of Cook county, was transferred to the United States court, where a trial resulted in a verdict for defendant; the judgment entered on this verdict was vacated and the cause remanded to the State court; the complaint was amended, defendant answered and filed a counterclaim seeking annulment of the…