Legal Opinion

Mutual Life Ins. v. Richardson

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania

Decided November 9, 1896Published

Sur Rule for Judgment for Want of a Sufficient Affidavit of Defense.

1Opinion of the Court

ACHERON, Circuit Judge.

This suit is a scire facias by the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York against S. O. Richardson, administrator of James Britton, deceased, with notice to the Carrie Furnace Company, terre-tenant, upon a mortgage from Britton to the plaintiff, dated and given on July 30, 1878, on a tract of land in Washington county, Pa., to secure the payment by Britton to the insurance company, at its office in the city of New York, of a debt (evidenced by his bond of even date) of $5,500, on December 1,1879, and also interest at the rate of 7 per centum per annum, payable…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Green v. BiddleSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
  2. Edwards v. KearzeySupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Andrews v. PondSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
  4. Planters' Bank v. SharpSupreme Court of the United States · 1848
  5. McGahey v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1890

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