Aetna Life Insurance v. Dunken
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
This is an action brought by the defendant in error upon a policy of insurance issued by the insurance company on the life of W. J. Dunken. The insurance company is a Connecticut corporation. When it issued the policy it was doing business in Tex,as under the laws of that State, of which Dunken then was a citizen and inhabitant.
The Texas statute provides:
“ Any contract of insurance payable to any citizen or inhabitant of this state by an insurance company or cor poration doing business within this state shall be held to be a contract made and entered into under and by virtue of the laws of…
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