Royal Trust Co. v. Gardiner
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on appeals by two of three defendants from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia granting the relief prayed for in a bill in the nature of a bill of inter-pleader and restraining the prosecution in an action at law.
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Hearing on appeals by two of three defendants from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia granting the relief prayed for in a bill in the nature of a bill of inter-pleader and restraining the prosecution in an action at law. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: The Pittsburgh Life & Trust Company, a Pennsylvania corporation having an office and doing business in the District of Columbia, was liable on two policies of insurance on the life of Harry B. Tiffany, whose wife, Anna B. Tiffany, was the beneficiary. Mr. Tiffany died May 5, 1913, having assigned and…
1DissentChief Justice Shepard
I am compelled to dissent from the opinion of my brothers in this case.
The two appeals, which have been heard together, are from a decree sustaining a bill in the nature of a bill of interpleader filed by W. Gwynn Gardiner against the Pittsburgh Life & Trust Company, the Royal Trust Company, executor, and Anna B. Tiffany.
The decree against the Royal Trust Company is in the nature of an interlocutory order, and appeal was granted on application.
The second appeal was taken by Anna B. Tiffany from the saíne decree.
The bill of W. Gwynn Gardiner recites that the defendant Pittsburgh Life & Trust…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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