Legal Opinion
METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Jordan
District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Decided September 16, 1963No. Civ. 1806PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Chief Judge.
This is an interpleader action brought by plaintiff Metropolitan Life Insurance Company wherein Metropolitan has paid into the court the sum of $6,000.00 representing the entire proceeds of a policy of insurance on the life of Luther James Jordan, deceased. Metropolitan asks that it be discharged from any and all liability in this case and under its policy. It is entitled to summary judgment. In addition, Metropolitan moves the court that it be awarded its “reasonable costs and counsel fees.”
The implication: that “costs” do not ordinarily include counsel fees is correct. 1
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Sprague v. Ticonic National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Hunter v. Federal Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
- Globe Indemnity Co. v. Puget Sound Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. BondurantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1928
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Stuyvesant Insurance Co. v. Dean Construction Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1966
- Unum Life Insurance Co. of America v. KellingDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 2001
- Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc. v. TranakosDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1984
- Coppage v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1967
- Ohio Casualty Insurance v. BergerDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1970
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