McGrew v. Mutual Life Insurance

—Action on a life insurance policy. Judg ment was for plaintiff in the court below, and from the judgment defendant appealed.

The respondent is a resident of California, where this action was commenced, and the appellant is a resident of the state of New York. The defense is rather a remarkable one; it rests upon a decree of divorce rendered by a court of the Republic of Hawaii in an action brought there against the present respondent by the guardian of her husband,—a decree which could not have been obtained here,—and upon a Hawaiian statute which has no force here, except by'comity.

The…