Legal Opinion
Robert v. Rafter v. Newark Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 20, 1966No. 30132_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant sued appellee insurance company, surety on a Connecticut sheriff’s penal bond in the amount of $10,000, claiming $20,000 damages. The action was brought in the Southern. District of New York and transferred to the District of Connecticut. The District Court, William H. Timbers, Chief Judge, dismissed the action as not involving the jurisdictional amount and plaintiff appealed. We find the ruling correct and affirm' the judgment of dismissal.
No action has been brought against the sheriff, whose service of writs of attachment claimed to be defective is the basis of the claim on the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Athan v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
- Albani v. D & R Truck Service, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1965
- MacDonald v. Standard Accident InsuranceConnecticut Superior Court · 1955
3Cited by6 opinions
- Vicente Acevedo Velez v. Crown Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- In Re Wiring Device Antitrust LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1980
- Marshall v. Ove Skou RederiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Trustees of the Colorado Pipe Industry Employee Benefit Funds v. Colorado Springs Plumbing & Heating Co.District Court, D. Colorado · 1975
- Robinette Hardware Co. v. Square D Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1980
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