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Chester v. Life Ass'n of America

United States Circuit Court

Decided July 1, 1880PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hammond, D. J.

This is a bill for the rescission of a contract or fo^ an account, as the right may appear, and the defendant company is under an injunction restraining it from selling, under a deed of trust, the lands of the plaintiff to secure a debt due the company. The parties being at issue and the cause ready for trial, one William S. Relfe presents his petition, stating that the insurance company, having become insolvent, has been, by a decree of the proper court in Missouri, dissolved; and that he, by operation of law and the said decree, has become invested with the right to all its…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Galveston Railroad v. CowdreySupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  2. Clarke v. MathewsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1838
  3. Kennedy v. Georgia State BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
  4. Ex Parte Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1877
  5. Steele v. TaylorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1856

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Chandler & Price Co. v. Brandtjen & Kluge, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Toler v. East Tennessee, V. & G. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Tennessee · 1894
  3. Allington v. Shevlin-Hixon Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1924
  4. Hazleton Tripod-Boiler Co. v. Citizens' St. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Tennessee · 1896
  5. Victor Talking Mach. Co. v. Hawthorne & Sheble Mfg. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1909

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