Legal Opinion
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Doran
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 9, 1956PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
In this action of interpleader brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1335, 1397 and 2361, plaintiff insurance company (here-t after called the Company) seeks an order which: (a) restrains defendants from instituting or prosecuting against the Company any action or proceeding in any other State or Federal Court upon a certain certificate of life insurance, whose benefits are claimed exclusively by each of the defendants, and (b) discharges the Company from all further liability to either of said defendants under that certificate. To establish its position as…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hunter v. Federal Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
- Globe Indemnity Co. v. Puget Sound Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Connecticut General Life Ins. Co. of Hartford v. YawDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1931
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. CooperDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1944
- United States v. UllmanDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1953
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. AdamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Pressman v. Estate of SteinvorthDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1994
- Connecticut General Life Insurance v. ColeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1993
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Central Penn National BankDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
- Zylphia L. Powers v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Kenneth N. PowersCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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