Legal Opinion
Melco System v. Receivers of Trans-America Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 20, 1958No. 3 Div. 790, 791, 789PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Justice.
The receivers of Trans-America Ins. Co., Inc., an insolvent domestic casualty insurance company, filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, In Equity, showing that Trans-America was the defendant in many law suits, and that Trans-America had a reinsurance treaty with Employers Reinsurance Corp. of Kansas City, Missouri, whereby Employers agreed to assume all liability for judgments against Trans-America in excess of $10,000. The petition further showed that Employers, while denying liability, had agreed to compromise the claims of Trans-America by paying…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Lawrence v. . FoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Seaver v. . RansomNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Homan v. Employers Reinsurance Corp.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1940
- Jackson v. Citizens Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Allemannia Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh v. Firemen's Ins. Co. of Baltimore Ex Rel. WolfeSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Garner v. WolfinbargerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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- Exxon Corp. v. DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RES.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2003
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