Legal Opinion
Dawson v. Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided January 11, 1961No. Civ. 1110PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BECK, District Judge.
Defendant, Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, a corporation, on a separate trial 1 of the issues raised by its second defense, 2 the amendment 3 thereto, the plaintiff’s reply 4 and the record, made in connection therewith, is; on this trial seeking a dismissal of the- plaintiff's suit to collect the $50,000 specified in the defendant’s “Insurance Companies Blanket Bond.” 5
The request for such dismissal is predicated on the theory that the plaintiff’s settlement of a principal’s obliga tion on said bond and the obligation of others, had operated to discharge the…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Pritchard v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Scudder v. Union National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Phœnix Insurance v. Erie & Western Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Commercial Union InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Mobile & Montgomery Railway Co. v. JureySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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3Cited by6 opinions
- American Service Mutual Insurance Company v. Joe Bottum, IiiCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Resolution Trust Corporation, Successor to Claims of First Federal Bank, F.S.B. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- American Service Mutual Insurance v. BottumCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- First Federal Bank, F.S.B. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.District Court, D. South Dakota · 1991
- Morkirk, Inc. v. Walter E. Heller & Co.District Court, D. South Dakota · 1967
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