Legal Opinion
Girard Bank v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 1, 1981No. Civ. A. 79-4676PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BECHTLE, District Judge.
In this diversity action, Girard Bank (“Girard”) brought suit seeking specific performance of an agreement by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company (“John Hancock”) and Connecticut General Life Insurance Company (“Connecticut General”) to pay $6,494,200.00 to Girard in exchange for certain Conditional Sale Agreements and security interests in railroad boxcars. John Hancock and Connecticut General counterclaimed, seeking rescission for three earlier transactions in which a total of $14,690,000.00 was paid to Girard in exchange for other…
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