Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Central-Penn National Bank
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 30, 1973No. Civ. A. No. 43188PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LUONGO, District Judge.
This is an interpleader action under 28 U.S.C. § 1335. The question before the court is whether the scope of this proceeding should be limited to a resolution of the priority of claims to a fund admitted to be due, • or be expanded to resolve disputes between the interpleading plaintiff and the person to whom it admittedly owes some money concerning the contract between them which gave rise to the indebtedness. For reasons hereafter stated, I conclude that these proceedings will be restricted to a determination of the priorities to the fund with limited inquiry…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Northern Natural Gas Company v. GroundsDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1968
- Anna Knoll and Rose Keller v. Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
- New York Life Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Arthur L. Lee and Florence Grusenmeyer, Formerly Florence LeeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Central Penn National BankDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
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