Legal Opinion
Andrews v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 15, 1941No. 7541PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MINTON, Circuit Judge.
Fifteen plaintiffs filed fifteen separate suits against fifteen mutual life insurance companies, each plaintiff claiming to represent in each suit all others who were similarly situated with respect to the defendant, and praying for an accounting and distribution of the proportionate shares of an alleged common interest in undistributed surplus funds held by the respective companies, which were accumulated during the plaintiffs’ memberships in said companies.
Motions to dismiss were filed by the defendant and sustained in the District Court, and each of the complaints was…
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- Eberhard v. Northwestern Mut. Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1917
- Robbins v. Western Automobile Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1924
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