Legal Opinion

Peters v. Equitable Life Assurance Society

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts

Decided December 28, 1906No. 381PublishedCited by 9 opinions

In Equity.

1Opinion of the Court

LOWELL, Circuit Judge.

The complainant brought a bill in equity in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts against the defendant, alleging: That he held a so-called * ‘semi tontine” insurance policy in the latter. That he was entitled to a share in the accumulations of the tontine fund, for which the defendant refused to account, offering him only a part of that to which he was entitled. That the defendant agreed with the complainant to apportion the surplus equitably; to keep an accurate account of dividends accruing; to produce upon demand an account showing the complainant’s interest in…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cates v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Pierce v. Equitable Life Assurance SocietyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
  3. Hallett v. CumstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
  4. Mathews Slate Co. v. MathewsDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1906
  5. Fenno v. PrimroseU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1902

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Employers Reinsurance Corp. v. BryantSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. Mabray v. Union Pac. R. Co.District Court, D. Colorado · 1933
  3. INVESTORS'GUARANTY CORPORATION v. LuikartCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
  4. City of Knoxville v. Southern Paving Const. Co.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1914
  5. United States v. BoylenDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1941

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