Legal Opinion

Page v. Burnstine

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 24, 1881No. 175PublishedCited by 41 opinions

Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District'of Columbia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan

This is an appeal from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, dismissing a bill, filed by the personal' representative of Robert C. Page, for the purpose of securing for the estate of the decedent the benefit of ■ a policy upon his life for $8,000, issued Nov. 22, 1866, by the American Life Insurance .Company of Philadelphia. ’ The bill conceded that the --defendant Burnstine had an interest in the policy- to the extent of any loans of nmney by him to the assured, and prayed an Account for the ascertainment of such sums. The defendant resisted the relief asked, upon the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Clinton v. EnglebrechtSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  2. King v. PardeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1878

3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Ex Parte FISKSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  2. McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  3. Thiede v. Utah TerritorySupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  4. Exchange Bank v. LohSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  5. Nuckols v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938

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