Legal Opinion
Rochester German Ins. Co. of Rochester v. Schmidt
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina
Decided February 26, 1907PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Equity. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
BRAWLEY, District Judge.
The opinion overruling the demurrer, 126 Fed. 998, states the case which now comes up on the report of the testimony taken by the special master.
Frederick Schmidt, an aged and unlettered German, was in 1902 the owner of the eastern half of the square bounded by Main, Green, Sumter, and Divine streets in the city of Columbia, on which were several stores and other buildings, including his residence and a laundry. The lot adjoining the laundry and his residence, containing about a half acre, belonged to his wife who had died intestate several years before leaving him and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Columbian Insurance Co. of Alexandria v. LawrenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1829
- Clark v. President of the Manufacturers' InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
- Hall v. BoatwrightSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1900
- Rochester German Ins. v. SchmidtU.S. Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina · 1904
- McGee v. HallSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1888
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