Legal Opinion

Insurance Co. of North America v. Hibernia Insurance

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 25, 1891No. 14PublishedCited by 10 opinions

APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR TH% EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. In equity. Decree for complainant. Defendant appealed. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray

This was a bill in equity by the Hibernia Insurance Company, a corporation of Louisiana, against the Insurance Company of North America, a corporation of Pennsylvania, to recover back sums paid under policies of reinsurance by which the plaintiff reinsured the defendant. The bill prayed;for a discovery, an account and general relief. The case was referred to a master, upon whose report a decree was entered for the plaintiff for $27,986.79, ivith interest from the date of the master’s report, and costs. The defendant appealed to this court.

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Phœnix Insurance v. Erie & Western Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Hastie v. De PeysterNew York Supreme Court · 1805
  3. Parkhurst v. Gloucester Mutual Fishing InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
  4. Louisiana Mutual Insurance v. New Orleans InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1858

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. London Assurance Corpn. v. . ThompsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
  2. United States v. Northern Pac. R.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1899
  3. Agassiz & Odessa Mutual Fire Insurance v. MagnussonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
  4. Citizens Casualty Co. v. American Glass Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948
  5. Carlson Holdings, Inc. v. NAFCO InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 2001

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