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AETNA LIFE INS. CO. v. HAWORTH

No. 446.

300 U.S. 227 (1937)

57 S.Ct. 461

81 L.Ed. 617

AETNA LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. HAWORTH ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1937.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.R. Morrison, with whom Messrs. Berkeley Cox and Douglas Stripp were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Rees Turpin for respondents.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented is whether the District Court had jurisdiction of this suit under the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act. Act of June 14, 1934, 48 Stat. 955; Jud. Code, § 274D; 28 U.S.C. 400.1

The question arises upon the plaintiff's complaint which was dismissed by the District Court upon the ground that it did not...

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