Legal Opinion

Wadsworth v. Davis

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1862PublishedCited by 10 opinions

ERROR to the court of common pleas of Lucas county. Reserved in the district court. The Medina County Mutual Fire Insurance Company was incorporated by an act of the Ohio legislature, passed March 16, 1841. O. L. L. 82. Daniel Wadsworth, one of the plaintiffs in error, became a member of said company, on the 12th of August, 1847, by an insurance of property therein, for the term of six years; and executed to the company his premium note, with Decius Wadsworth, the other…

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ERROR to the court of common pleas of Lucas county. Reserved in the district court. The Medina County Mutual Fire Insurance Company was incorporated by an act of the Ohio legislature, passed March 16, 1841. O. L. L. 82. Daniel Wadsworth, one of the plaintiffs in error, became a member of said company, on the 12th of August, 1847, by an insurance of property therein, for the term of six years; and executed to the company his premium note, with Decius Wadsworth, the other plaintiff in error, as his surety, as follows: “ $55. For value received on policy No. 1737, dated the 12th day of August,…

1Opinion of the CourtScott, J.

From the agreed statement of facts in this case, it appears that the directors of the company, now represented by the defendant in error, heretofore brought an action to recover from the plaintiffs in error the amount of certain assessments which had been made on their premium notes, executed at the time policies were taken out by the principal in those notes: and’the validity of those assessments was denied by the plaintiffs in error. A defense was accordingly made to the action, in regard to the merits of which, we have no jneans of judging.

While this controversy was still pending, and its…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. In Re General Tire And Rubber Company Securities LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
  2. London & Lancashire Indemnity Co. of America v. Fairbanks Steam Shovel Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1925
  3. In Re Keithley Instruments, Inc., Derivative LitigationDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 2009
  4. Drage v. Procter & GambleOhio Court of Appeals · 1997
  5. In Re Keithley Instruments, Inc., Derivative LitigationDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 2008

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