Smith v. National Credit Insurance
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county by Christopher H. Smith, as insurance commissioner of the state of Minnesota, and one of the policy holders of defendant company against its assignees in insolvency and its policy holders.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county by Christopher H. Smith, as insurance commissioner of the state of Minnesota, and one of the policy holders of defendant company against its assignees in insolvency and its policy holders. The purpose of the action was to determine who was entitled to a fund in the hands of the insurance commissioner, to have a receiver appointed to take charge of the fund, and to have it distributed among those entitled to participate therein. The Beckman Company petitioned for leave to intervene and participate in the distribution, and from an order, McGee,…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
The nature and object of this action have been stated in the opinions on former appeals. 65 Minn. 283, 68 N. W. 28; 72 Minn. 364, 75 N. W. 596. At this time a new phase of the litigation is presented. It was supposed, when the action was commenced, in September, 1895, that all of the policy holders except the one which had been made a plaintiff were named as defendants; but it appears that the firm of Beckman & Co., to whose interests the present intervenor (appellant) succeeded as hereinafter stated, had been inadvertently omitted. There .is some question as to when said firm, or its…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Falconer v. CochranSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Danforth v. National Chemical Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Smith v. National Credit InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Corser v. KindredSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Buffum v. HaleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
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3Cited by2 opinions
- McGhee v. Casualty Co. of AmericaOhio Court of Appeals · 1921
- Smith v. National Credit InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900