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AETNA LIFE INS. CO. v. DUNKEN

No. 62.

266 U.S. 389 (1924)

45 S.Ct. 129

69 L.Ed. 342

AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL. v. DUNKEN, ADMINISTRATRIX OF DUNKEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 15, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.J. Moroney, with whom Mr. John R. Moroney was on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. C.A. Boynton, Mr. W.E. Spell and Mr. J.A. Stanford, for defendant in error, submitted.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an action brought by the defendant in error upon a policy of insurance issued by the insurance company on the life of W.J. Dunken. The insurance company is a Connecticut corporation. When it issued the policy it was doing business in Texas under the laws of that State, of which Dunken then was a citizen and inhabitant.

The Texas statute provides:

"Any contract of insurance payable to...

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