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Brown v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided January 6, 1906PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Equity. On demurrer to bill.
1Opinion of the Court
HAZEL, District Judge.
This suit in equity was brought by a citizen of the state of Maryland against the defendant, the Equitable Bife Assurance- Society of the United States, a corporation organized in the year 1859 to effect life insurance upon the plan of what is commonly known as mutual insurance, under the general laws of the state of New York, passed June 24, 1853, and acts amendatory thereof. The orator is a holder of a policy, and this action is in his behalf, and in behalf of such other policy holders and annuitants in the defendant company as may choose to join in the bill. The…
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- Relfe v. RundleSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Greeff v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- People v. Security Life Insurance & Annuity Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Uhlman v. . New York Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1888
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