Legal Opinion
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Schmitt
District Court, N.D. California
Decided August 19, 1977No. C-77-1364 SCPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CONTI, District Judge.
The issues in this interpleader action are whether the court has jurisdiction, and if it does, whether the court can and should abstain so as to allow a pending state action to proceed.
The action is brought by Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, surety on a bond executed in favor of the California Superintendent of Banks and at the request of the principal, Universal Money Order Company. Aetna names as defendants various parties purportedly having an interest in the proceeds of its bond. These include Carl Schmitt, the Superintendent of Banks; Ronald Whitley, a…
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