Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. Brown
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. This case comes herb on writ of certiorari, which brings up-the record from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, reversing the decree of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York-, which sustained the petitioner’s demurrer to the plaintiff’s bill and dismissed the same. The opinion of the Circuit Court is reported in'142 Fed.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. This case comes herb on writ of certiorari, which brings up-the record from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, reversing the decree of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York-, which sustained the petitioner’s demurrer to the plaintiff’s bill and dismissed the same. The opinion of the Circuit Court is reported in'142 Fed. Rep. 835, and that of the Circuit Court of Appeals, 151 Fed. Rep. 1. The bill was filed against the defendant (the petitioner above named) some time in August, 1905, and is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
Even if a court of equity had jurisdiction in a case like this, it is yét proper to consider the history of the defendant subsequent to the filing of the bill by complainant, with reference to the results which might and probably would follow a decree of the court in accordance with" the demand of the complainant. The corporation is one of the largest in the world with its more than half million policyholders, its outstanding risks of an amount almost impossible to appreciate, and with assets and liabilities and surplus, reaching into hundreds of millions of dollars in amount. The defendant…
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