Rumsey v. New York Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii. Suit by Emma F. Rumsey against the New York Fife Insurance Company and another. A decree for plaintiff was reversed by the Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
The appellant brought a suit in equity in the circuit court of the territoiy of Hawaii to reform a policy issued by the New York Fife Insurance Company on the life of her husband and to obtain a decree that the insurance company pay her the amount of tire policy, and that the appellee Benson, Smith & Co., Lim*555ited, the named beneficiary of the policy, be declared a trustee for her. The case was submitted to the circuit court on an agreed statement of facts in which were included correspondence and certain depositions, with the stipulation that other testimony might be…
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