New England Mutual Life Insurance v. Woodworth
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, a corporation of the State of Massachusetts, issued a policy, of life insurance, on September 21st, 1869; by which, for a consideration received from Ann E. Woodworth, of Detroit, in the State of Michigan, described as “ the assured in this policy,” and of an annual premium to be paid, it agreed to pay, at its office in Boston, the amount…
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IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, a corporation of the State of Massachusetts, issued a policy, of life insurance, on September 21st, 1869; by which, for a consideration received from Ann E. Woodworth, of Detroit, in the State of Michigan, described as “ the assured in this policy,” and of an annual premium to be paid, it agreed to pay, at its office in Boston, the amount of $5,000, “ to the assured under this policy as aforesaid, her executors, administrators or assigns, in sixty days after…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
ITe stated the facts in the foregoing language, and continued :
It is contended for the plaintiff in error, that .the County Court which granted the letters of administration had no power to do so, unless property belonging to Ann E. Woodworth when she died was left by her within the jurisdiction of that court.;' that she was not domiciled in Illinois at the time of her death, and, therefore, it was necessary that assets belonging to her should have existed in that State at that time, to warrant jurisdiction to issue the letters, and it could not be obtained by-bringing into the State…
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