Rudkowsky v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

This action is based upon two policies of life insurance issued by the defendant in Russia to the plaintiff, then a resident of that country. The defendant is a corporation incorporated under the laws of this State as a mutual association to engage in the business of life insurance. A detailed history of its operations in Russia is to be found in a comprehensive and illuminating opinion recently handed down by William S. Andrews (formerly judge of the Court of Appeals) as official referee in twenty-six actions brought against this defendant upon other policies issued by it in Russia…