Legal Opinion

Sokoloff v. Fidelity Cas. Co. of N. Y.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 6, 1926No. Appeal, 272PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

Sokoloff, the plaintiff, purchased certain promissory notes, among them the one here involved, from Commercial Acceptance Corporation, whose business speaking in general terms was the financing of persons who bought automobiles on the installment plan. Accompanying the notes, and as the security on which his purchase was made, was the bond in suit in the following terms: “The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York..... does hereby indemnify I. Sokoloff (hereinafter referred to as the obligee) against any and all loss by reason of the failure of the Commercial…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Young v. American Bonding Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  2. State v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1910
  3. Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church of Franklin v. Equitable Surety Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  4. South Phila. State Bank v. National Surety Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  5. Philadelphia v. RaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Conroy v. Commercial Cas. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  2. Houran, Admr. v. Preferred Acc. Ins. Co. of N.Y.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1938
  3. McClelland v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  4. South Phila. State Bank v. National Surety Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  5. Mechanics Trust Co. v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931

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