People of Porto Rico v. Title Guarantee & Surety Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Action by the People of Porto Rico against the Title Guarantee & Surety Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. At the trial of the cause, the plaintiff having rested, a motion was made by the defendant for a compulsory nonsuit, which the court (Archbald, District Judge) disposed of in the following oral opinion: ARCHBALD, District Judge.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Action by the People of Porto Rico against the Title Guarantee & Surety Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. At the trial of the cause, the plaintiff having rested, a motion was made by the defendant for a compulsory nonsuit, which the court (Archbald, District Judge) disposed of in the following oral opinion: ARCHBALD, District Judge. The disposition of this motion depends in the first instance upon the question whether the case is to be governed by the law of Porto Rico or by…
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below the People of Porto Rico brought suit against the Title Guarantee & Surety Company on an indemnity bond in $100,000, conditioned as noted below. At the close of plaintiff’s testimony that court granted a compulsory nonsuit, 'and on its refusal to take it off plaintiff sued out this writ. The subject-matter pf the controversy, the possibility of the contract being governed by foreign laws, and the variety of questions suggested have resulted in briefs of scholarly and unusually interesting character. But to our mind the crucial point of the case…
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