Legal Opinion

Scheufler v. Continental Life Insurance

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided January 4, 1943No. 38118PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Frank P. Aschemeyer, general counsel for the various superintendents of the Insurance Department of the State of Missouri in the proceedings involving the Continental Life Insurance Company, appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis allowing him an attorney's fee of $7,500.00, on the theory that the allowance was grossly inadequate and should have been for the sum requested, $17,000.00.

In January, 1934, Emmet O'Malley, then Superintendent of the Insurance Department of the State of Missouri, instituted proceedings against the Continental Life Insurance Company under…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Culhane v. FoleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
  2. Bowersock Mills & Power Co. v. JoyceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
  3. Blackhurst v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
  4. Drilling & Exploration Corp. v. WebsterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1934
  5. Moss v. Kansas City Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1938

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Burger v. City of SpringfieldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
  2. State Ex Rel. Chase Resorts, Inc. v. CampbellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1995
  3. Sebree v. RosenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1961
  4. Burke v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1961
  5. English v. Old American Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1968

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