Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Williams
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 24, 1935No. 5 Div. 192PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Justice.
This is a suit in equity to declare a preference in favor of a ward in the liquidation of an insolvent bank which was the guardian of the ward prior to liquidation. The funds which the guardian received were war risk insurance or- disability compensation benefits paid by the United States government.
That circumstance does not create any right to a preference. United States F. & G. Co. v. Montgomery, 226 Ala. 298, 146 So. 528 ; Spicer v. Smith, 288 U. S. 430, 53 S. Ct. 415, 77 L. Ed. 875, 84 A. L. R. 1525. The right is to be determined upon the principles which apply to any…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Spicer v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Bank of Florence v. United States Savings & Loan Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Lummus Cotton Gin Co. v. WalkerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- Hanover Nat. Bank of New York v. ThomasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
- Swan v. Children's Home Soc. of West VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1933
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3Cited by17 opinions
- First Nat. Bank of Birmingham v. BashamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- Pacific National Fire Insurance Company v. WattsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
- Hamilton v. JamesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
- Spann v. First Nat. Bank of MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
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