Beacon Lamp Co. v. Travellers Insurance
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On demurrers by the insurance company to the complainants’ bill, and to the answer by way of cross-bill of Mary Bardzik.
1Opinion of the Court
Pitney, Y. C.
The complainant and its trustee in bankruptcy claim to occupy the position of a surety for the defendant insurance company which, they claim, occupies the position of principal debtor to the defendant Mary Bardzik.
The object of the original bill is to enforce the payment by the insurance company to the other defendant, Bardzik, of the debt so due, in exoneration of the bankrupt’s assets. The cross-bill of Miss Bardzik is aimed at the insurance companj’-, and is based not upon any privity of contract between her and the insurance company, but upon the fact that she has a demand by…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Keller v. AshfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Champion v. BrownNew York Court of Chancery · 1822
- King v. BaldwinNew York Court of Chancery · 1817
- Heine v. . MeyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Hoppaugh v. McGrathSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1890
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- Schambs v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1919
- Atlantic City v. American Casualty Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1966
- Greenberg v. LeffNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1929
- Southwestern Surety Ins. Co. v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
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