Legal Opinion

Aetna Life Insurance v. Dunken

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 5, 1925No. 62PublishedCited by 143 opinions

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…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Truax v. CorriganSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  2. Tayloe v. Merchants' Fire Ins. Co. of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
  3. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. North Dakota Ex Rel. McCueSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  4. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. HaberSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  5. Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1915

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3Cited by143 opinions

  1. Alaska Packers Assn. v. Industrial Accident Comm'n of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Home Insurance v. DickSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
  3. Griffin v. McCoachSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  4. Fiske v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  5. Boseman v. Connecticut General Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1937

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