Legal Opinion
Small v. New York Life Ins. Co.
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided March 30, 1937No. 1329PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDUFFIE, District Judge.
The complaint sets up one and the same cause of action in four counts, claiming $500 as disability benefits under the insurance policy here involved, and two counts for one and the same cause of action claiming $453.70 premium paid under the policy after submission to the company of proof of the disability of the insured. The total amount of the sums claimed is $953.70.
The circuit court of Dallas county removed the case to this court on petition of the defendant company, which petition sets out the diversity of citizenship, and alleges that the amount in controversy…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Elgin v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Hilton v. DickinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Gibson v. ShufeldtSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- New England Mortgage Security Co. v. GaySupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Elliott v. Empire Natural Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. MoyleCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1940
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- United States v. MurphyDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1937
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