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CLAY v. SUN INSURANCE OFFICE

No. 349.

363 U.S. 207 (1960)

80 S.Ct. 1222

4 L.Ed.2d 1170

CLAY v. SUN INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITED.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 13, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paschal C. Reese argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was W. Terry Gibson.

Bert Cotton argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Eugene A. Leiman and Hortense Mound.

By leave of the Court pro hac vice, Robert J. Kelly, Assistant Attorney General of Florida, argued the cause for the State of Florida, as amicus curiae, urging reversal. With him on the briefs were Richard W. Ervin, Attorney General, and Gerald Mager, Special Assistant Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1952, petitioner, while a citizen and resident of Illinois, purchased from respondent in Illinois the contract of insurance upon which this suit is based. The respondent is a British company licensed to do business in Illinois, Florida, and nine other States.

The policy, which petitioner bought for a lump sum, ran for three years. Designated a "Personal Property Floater Policy (World Wide)," it...

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