Legal Opinion

Maryland Casualty Co. v. Price

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided February 29, 1916No. 1392PublishedCited by 49 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston; Benjamin F. Keller, Judge. Action by the Maryland Casualty Company against George E. Price and others, partners doing business as Price, Smith, Spilman & Clay.

1Opinion of the Court

KNAPP, Circuit Judge.

The Maryland Casualty Company brings this suit for damages alleged to have resulted from the negligence of defendants as attorneys at law employed by the plaintiff. The averments of the declaration filed January 6, 1915, may be summarized as follows:

That one Gail V. Lynch brought an action against the Wylie Permanent Camping Company to recover the sum of $15,000 for personal injuries received by her in August, 1908, while a passenger on one of tire camping company’s coaches in Yellowstone Park; that under its contract of insurance, the plaintiff was bound to indemnify the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Barry v. EdmundsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Vance v. W. A. Vandercook Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. Sellers v. DuganOhio Supreme Court · 1849
  4. Wilson v. DanielSupreme Court of the United States · 1798
  5. Vooth v. . McEachenNew York Court of Appeals · 1905

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Flaherty v. WeinbergCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1985
  2. Harvey Thomas Smoot, Jr. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
  3. Rorrer v. CookeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1985
  4. Stephen M. Stewart v. B. Vandenburg HallCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
  5. Stone v. Chicago Title InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1993

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