The Livingstone
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. This is an appeal by the Lackawanna Transportation Company et al. from a decree of the District Court for the Western District of New York, entered May 2, 1903, adjudging that the World Marine Insurance Company, and other insurance companies, interveners, be paid the entire remnants and remainder of the moneys In the registry of the court, after paying certain court charges, and that…
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. This is an appeal by the Lackawanna Transportation Company et al. from a decree of the District Court for the Western District of New York, entered May 2, 1903, adjudging that the World Marine Insurance Company, and other insurance companies, interveners, be paid the entire remnants and remainder of the moneys In the registry of the court, after paying certain court charges, and that the said amount be divided among the said interveners, pro rata, according to the amounts of insurance written by them,…
1Opinion of the CourtCoxe, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts). The amount in controversy was recovered by the unaided efforts of the libelants against the active opposition of the interveners. The $25,000 paid by them to the libelants upon the policies of insurance, has been returned. The $12,500 in the registry of the court represents the difference between the value of the Grand Traverse as fixed in the policies and the' value as fixed by the court, before the insurers became parties to this action. If paid to the interveners they will realize from the transaction a clear profit of $12,500 and the libelants a corresponding…
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- Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Phenix InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Phœnix Insurance v. Erie & Western Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Memphis & Little Rock Railroad v. DowSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Mobile & Montgomery Railway Co. v. JureySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Hall & Long v. Railroad Cos.Supreme Court of the United States · 1872
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- Aetna Ins. v. United Fruit Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
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