Legal Opinion
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Yates
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 7, 1936No. 146PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In May, 1932, the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, a Massachusetts corporation, insured the life of Harmon H. Yates, agreeing to pay upon his death $2,000 to his wife. The policy was applied for, issued and delivered, in New York, where he and his wife resided; and they remained there until his death of cancer in the following month. Then his widow removed to Georgia, and brought, in a court of that State, this suit on the policy. The case was tried before a jury.
The Company contended that since the contract was made in New…
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