Legal Opinion

Cropper v. Davis

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 14, 1917No. 4498PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska; Page Morris, Judge. Suit by Will M. Davis against Walter L. Cropper and another. Decree for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Will M. Davis, the appellee and plaintiff below, is and has been for many years a resident and citizen of the state of Illinois, and Walter L. Cropper and the Mutual Rating & Adjustment Association are the appellants and defendants below, and they for several years have been residents and citizens of the state of Nebraska. The plaintiff has for between 15 and 20 years been conducting, with Chicago as his headquarters, a collection and so-called rating business throughout the North Central states under the name of the National Rating League. In connection therewith the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Appts. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  2. Connolly v. Union Sewer Pipe Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
  3. United States v. American Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
  4. United States v. American Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
  5. D. R. Wilder Manufacturing Co. v. Corn Products Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  5. General Excavator Co. v. Keystone Driller Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1932

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