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WASHINGTON FID. INS. CO. v. BURTON

No. 22.

287 U.S. 97 (1932)

53 S.Ct. 26

77 L.Ed. 196

WASHINGTON FIDELITY NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. v. BURTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 7, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Gilbert L. Hall, with whom Messrs. Walter C. Clephane and J. Wilmer Latimer were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. W. Gwynn Gardiner, with whom Mr. George A. Maddox was on the brief, for respondent.

Messrs. Benjamin S. Minor, H. Prescott Gatley, and Arthur P. Drury, by leave of Court, filed a brief as amici curiae.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent sued in the municipal court of the District of Columbia to recover the amount of an insurance policy issued by petitioner December 12, 1927, on the life of her husband, who died May 22, 1929. The policy was delivered to the insured and all premiums were paid in the District of Columbia where he lived. Adequate proof of death, plaintiff's demand for payment and defendant's refusal to pay were conceded...

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