Legal Opinion
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Levy
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 24, 1935No. 7598PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
After many years of contesting its liability in a common-law suit, through two trials and two appeals, appellant, in addition to its legal defenses, claimed an equitable offset against the whole demand. The claimed offset was allowed against the recovery to the extent of the plaintiffs’ interest in it. It was denied as to the 20 per cent, fee interest appellees, plaintiffs’ attorneys, claimed to have in it by an equitable assignment of and a statutory lien on the cause of action in suit. This appeal is from the judgment in their favor for that interest. Neither the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Barnes v. AlexanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Ingersoll v. CoramSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- North Chicago Rolling Mill Co. v. St. Louis Ore & Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- In re Interborough Consol. Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
- Beecher v. Peter A. Vogt Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Ethel West Cotnam v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Franklin P. Coady Nona Coady v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- In The Matter Of Diplomat Electric, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Valley Disposal Inc., Palisades Landfill and Recycling Corporation and Robert C. Dowdell, Jr. v. Central Vermont Solid Waste Management DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
- Continental Casualty Co. v. KellyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
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