Legal Opinion

Edwards v. Connecticut Mutual Life Ins.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York

Decided June 6, 1884PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Motion to Dismiss.

1Opinion of the CourtCoxe, J.

This is an action on a policy of insurance. The plaintiff is a citizen of Massachusetts. The defendant is a Connecticut corporation. The action was originally commenced in the supreme *453court of the state1 of New York, and removed by defendant to this court. A motion is now made by the defendant to dismiss the action for wí ,nt of jurisdiction, — First: because it was improperly brought in the state court; and, second: because, irrespective of that question, it is r ot a controversy of which this court cán take cognizance. Even if the first ground of objection were well founded, the defendant…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Claflin v. Commonwealth InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Toland v. SpragueSupreme Court of the United States · 1838
  3. Gracie v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
  4. Sayles v. Northwestern Ins. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island · 1854
  5. Flanders v. Aetna Ins.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Hampshire · 1823

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Wabash Western Ry. v. BrowCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1895
  2. Mastin v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1903

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