Dresser v. Hartford Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to obtain an adjudication of the rights of the plaintiffs and of all other certificate members of the defendant insurance company, in and to a fund of $1,000,000 or more held for their protection and benefit by the defendant security company, and for other equitable relief; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court, Robinson, J., upon a demurrer to the complaint; the court sustained the demurrer and rendered judgment for the defendants,…
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Suit to obtain an adjudication of the rights of the plaintiffs and of all other certificate members of the defendant insurance company, in and to a fund of $1,000,000 or more held for their protection and benefit by the defendant security company, and for other equitable relief; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court, Robinson, J., upon a demurrer to the complaint; the court sustained the demurrer and rendered judgment for the defendants, from which the plaintiffs appealed. The plaintiffs are thirty-one holders of certificates of insurance issued by the…
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
This is an action brought by the plaintiffs as quasi-creditors and holders of certificates of mutual assessment insurance issued by the defendant Hartford Life Insurance Company under what is called its “ safety fund system,” instituted by the named plaintiffs for .their own benefit, and for that of all other similarly situated certificate-holders, and asking for equitable relief on account of alleged misappropriations and threatened misappropriations by said insurance company and its officers of the moneys of the “ safety fund,” and of the safety fund department of insurance, which moneys,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance v. KearneySupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Wright v. Minnesota Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- American Casualty Insurance & Security Co. v. FylerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1891
- Fisher, Brown & Co. v. FieldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Palmer v. Hartford Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1887
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Gaunt v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Dickinson v. Maryland Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1924
- Miller Bros. Construction Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Komroff v. Maryland Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- Rinaldi v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
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