Legal Opinion

Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. Bondurant

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided June 30, 1928No. 5012-5014PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MACK, Circuit Judge.

Appeal by insurance companies, plaintiffs in a proceeding under the Federal Interpleader Act of 1926 (44 Stat. 416, 28 USCA § 41(26), from so much of the final decree as refused them counsel fees and solicitor’s docket fees out of the fund in controversy, and by the claimants, to whom the fund was awarded, from an order overruling their motion for a re-taxation of costs, to eliminate the clerk’s fee of 1 per cent, therein included.

The policies, issued payable to the estate of the insured, Chester T. Bondurant, were assigned to his wife and son. On his death a creditor,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. McNamara v. Provident Sav. Life Assur. Soc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1902
  2. Louisiana State Lottery Co. v. ClarkU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana · 1883
  3. New York Life Ins. v. BidoggiaDistrict Court, D. Idaho · 1926
  4. Terry v. Supreme ForestDistrict Court, D. Tennessee · 1926

3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Hunter v. Federal Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
  2. Schirmer Stevedoring Co., Ltd. v. Seaboard Stevedoring Corp., Brady Hamilton Stevedore Co., Williams, Dimond & Co., N. J. Goulandris, Ltd., Financiera Peruana, S.A. v. Seaboard Stevedoring Corporation, N. J. Goulandris, Ltd. v. Marine Chartering Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
  3. United States v. L. C. ChapmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1960
  4. Globe Indemnity Co. v. Puget Sound Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
  5. Schirmer Stevedoring Co. v. Seaboard Stevedoring Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962

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