Legal Opinion
Hoyt v. Clancey
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 7, 1950No. 14006PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of dismissal of an action brought to recover damages for fraud and deceit. Jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship. The plaintiff (appellant) is the sole legatee of her deceased husband, Howard B. Clancey, and the special administratrix of his estate. The defendant (appellee) is the brother of her deceased husband. Briefly stated, the plaintiff’s claim is, in substance: (1) that in the spring of 1942, while her husband was dying of cancer in a hospital in Chicago, the defendant falsely and maliciously represented to him that a…
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- Elzig v. GudwangenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. LangerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1948
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