Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Tremblay
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF THE STATE OF .MAINE. The facts are stated in the opinion. Where a life insurance policy is issued by a company of one State to one domiciled in another State, and the insured assigns the policy in the latter .State, the law of the place where the assignment was executed shall govern. Coburn’s Appeal, 74 Connecticut, 463; Lee v. Abdy, 17 Q. B. D. 309; Union Cent. Life Ins. Co. v. Woods, 11 Ind. App. 335; Mut. Life Ins.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF THE STATE OF .MAINE. The facts are stated in the opinion. Where a life insurance policy is issued by a company of one State to one domiciled in another State, and the insured assigns the policy in the latter .State, the law of the place where the assignment was executed shall govern. Coburn’s Appeal, 74 Connecticut, 463; Lee v. Abdy, 17 Q. B. D. 309; Union Cent. Life Ins. Co. v. Woods, 11 Ind. App. 335; Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Allen, 138 Massachusetts, 24; Miller v. Campbell, 140 N. Y. 457; Spencer v. Myers, 150 N. Y. 269; Mut. Ben. Life Ins. Co. v. Bank,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
delivered the opinion of the court.. The facts are these: At Quebec, Canada, in 1885, the plaintiff, in error issued its policy of insurance for two thousand •Hollars upon the life of Jean O. Tremblay, -a resident of Canada, his .wife being naméd as the beneficiary. In .1891, Tremblay assigned the policy as collateral security to J. B. Cloutier, of Quebec. Ten years later Mr'; and Mrs: Tremblay assigned the policy to their son, Patrick F. Tremblay, subject to the claim of Cloutier. Soon after this last assignment Jean O. Tremblay died, and both assignees made claim upon the insurance company.…
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