MacGregor v. State Mutual Life Assurance Co.
Cases that cite this one
57 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.
- Factors Etc., Inc. And Boxcar Enterprises, Inc. v. Pro Arts, Inc. And Stop and Shop Companies, Inc. (2d Cir. 1981)
- Rutherford v. Columbia Gas (6th Cir. 2009)
- Mogis v. Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel Corp. (8th Cir. 1951)
- Paul Revere Life Insurance Company v. First National Bank in Dallas, Administrator of the Estate of Loy Thomas Brown, Deceased (1st Cir. 1966)
- Maryland Casualty Company v. Harry H. Hallatt and Mary Valentine Hallatt (5th Cir. 1961)
- Rudd-Melikian, Inc. v. Henry T. Merritt, Doing Business as Coffee Service Co. (6th Cir. 1960)
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Clyda Tarrence (6th Cir. 1957)
- Richard L. Fowler v. Caliber Home Loans, Inc. (11th Cir. 2018)
- Traders & General Ins. Co. v. Powell (8th Cir. 1949)
- Victoria Kearse v. Mentor Corporation (11th Cir. 2017)
- Korzetz v. Amsted Industries, Inc. (District Court, E.D. Michigan 1979)
- Leda Mae Symons v. Mueller Company (10th Cir. 1974)
- Summers v. Interstate Tractor and Equipment Co. (9th Cir. 1972)
- Summers v. Interstate Tractor & Equipment Co. (9th Cir. 1972)
- Westinghouse Electric Supply Company, a Division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. Wesley Construction Company (5th Cir. 1969)
- Elizabeth Margaret Dallison and Max Dallison v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., a Corporation (10th Cir. 1962)
- J. D. Sudderth, D/B/A S & W Body Works, and Hyatt Parts & Supply Company v. National Lead Company (5th Cir. 1959)
- Marie B. Boyd, of Linn Boyd, Deceased v. William M. Gray, District Director of Internal Revenue (6th Cir. 1958)
- Glassman v. Hertzberg (6th Cir. 1958)
- United Dairies, Inc. v. Hertzberg (6th Cir. 1958)
- Sterling Drug, Inc. v. Anderson (District Court, E.D. Tennessee 1954)
- Mitton v. Granite State Fire Ins. Co. Granite State Fire Ins. Co. v. Mitton (10th Cir. 1952)
- Anderson v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. (Cal. 1947)
- Roth v. Swanson (8th Cir. 1944)
- Maxine C. Hampton v. Mentor Corporation (11th Cir. 2018)
This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.
Opinion
Petitioner brought this action to recover the premium of a life annuity contract purchased by his decedent. The suit was begun in a state court of Michigan, but was removed, because of diversity of citizenship, to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Petitioner’s claim is founded on the applicability of Michigan legislation regulating the conduct of insurance business in Michigan. The District Court held that “the contract involved herein having been executed outside the State of Michigan, the statutes of the State of Michigan relied upon by the plaintiff are not applicable.” Accordingly judgment went against petitioner. This judgment was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 119 F. 2d 148.
No decision of the Supreme Court of Michigan, or of any other court of that State, construing the relevant Michigan law has been brought to our attention. In the absence of such guidance, we shall leave undisturbed the interpretation placed upon purely local law by a Michigan federal judge of long experience and by three circuit judges whose circuit includes Michigan.
Affirmed.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.