Eichel v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT . OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum opinion by
Mr. Justice Van Devanter,
by direction of the court.
A motion to dismiss or affirm is presented.
In its simplest form the case is this: Laura Eichel as use plaintiff began eighteen separate actions at law against the guaranty company in the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, all being cognizable in that court because arising under a law of the United States. The guaranty company, conceiving that it had a partial equitable defense, not admissible at law, which was common to all the cases, and other partial defenses in particular cases, exhibited in that…
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