Legal Opinion

Insurance Co. v. Brune's Assignee

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 25, 1878No. 23PublishedCited by 60 opinions

Appeal -from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. The facts are stated in the opinion of. the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong

This was a bill by the Mutual Life' Insurance Company of New York for an injunction upon Horatio L. Whitridge, assignee of William H. Bruñe, enjoining him. against further prosecuting two actions at law which he had commenced in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, against the complainant, upon two policies of insurance •issued by it, in the name of William H. Bruñe, the 18th of January, 1872, on-the life of John S. Barry; one for $20,000, and the other for $5,000.

The material averments of the bill' are the following: —

1. That the complainant, a New-York…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Buckner v. Finley & Van LearSupreme Court of the United States · 1829
  2. Hatch v. SpoffordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1852
  3. Blanchard v. StoneSupreme Court of Vermont · 1844

3Cited by60 opinions

  1. Kline v. Burke Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
  2. Laker Airways Ltd. v. Sabena, Belgian World AirlinesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
  3. Hunt v. New York Cotton ExchangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  4. Illinois Life Insurance v. PrentissIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  5. Marks v. MarksU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Tennessee · 1896

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