Mutual Life Insurance v. McGrew
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. This is a writ of error to revise the judgment of the Supreme Court of the State of California, affirming a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco in favor of Alphonsine McGrew and against the Mutual Life Insurance Company of- New York. 132 California, 85. The action was brought on a policy of insurance payable to Alphonsine C. McGrew, and in the amended answer to the complaint the…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. This is a writ of error to revise the judgment of the Supreme Court of the State of California, affirming a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco in favor of Alphonsine McGrew and against the Mutual Life Insurance Company of- New York. 132 California, 85. The action was brought on a policy of insurance payable to Alphonsine C. McGrew, and in the amended answer to the complaint the recovery of a decree of divorce was averred, and it was alleged: “ That under and by virtue of the Hawaiian law in force at the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fullee
Appellate jurisdiction was conferred on this court by the twenty-fifth section of the judiciary act of 1789, over final judgments and decrees in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, in three classes of cases: The first class was where the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, was drawn-in question, and the decision was against their validity; the second was where the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under, any-State, on the ground of their1 being repugnant to…
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