Lohman v. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company

Plaintiff, a resident of New Mexico, filed a complaint in Laramie County District Court on May 17, 1973, for the recovery of double indemnity proceeds under a life insurance policy issued by defendant, a corporation whose principal place of business was North Carolina, on the life of her husband, a resident of South Dakota, who was alleged to have died in North Dakota by violent and accidental means on July 10, 1967. Since the face value of the policy had already been paid, that matter is not here in issue. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss on the ground of lack of jurisdiction over the…