Legal Opinion
George Swanson v. Liberty National Insurance Company and Guaranty National Insurance Company and Melvin Sharp
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 2, 1965No. 18946PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.
In a negligence action in the Fourth Judicial District of the Superior Court of Alaska, Swanson, a citizen of Alaska, obtained a judgment against one Sharp for about $39,000. We are told that that judgment has become final. Liberty National, now absorbed into Guaranty National, had a ten thousand dollar liability policy insulating Sharp at least to that extent.
After obtaining the judgment against Sharp, as permitted by the Rules of Practice in Alaska, Swanson in the same state cause ran a garnishment against Liberty and Guaranty seeking the entire judgment amount, now…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Susie Randolph v. Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin GarnisheeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1958
- Swanson v. SharpDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1963
3Cited by18 opinions
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- Cathy Jackson-Platts v. General Electric Capital CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
- Clement J. Sheeran v. General Electric Company, a New York CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Nationwide Investors v. Lawrence B. Miller, in Re Lee WhislerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
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