Legal Opinion
Matter of Lawyers Title Guaranty Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 15, 1942PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
The Superintendent of Insurance, as liquidator under article XI (now art. XVI) of the Insurance Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 28), took possession of the property of Lawyers Title and Guaranty Company on January 21, 1936, upon an adjudication that the company was insolvent. Prior to the liquidation order the company was the owner and holder of a bond and mortgage in the principal amount of $75,000, the lien of which attached to real property in Long Island City. On February 8, 1927, the company had sold the bond and mortgage to Adele Kneeland, as executrix of the estate of Charles Kneeland, for…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Markham v. . JaudonNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Griffey v. New York Central InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- McCoy v. American Express Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Matter of Title Mortgage Guaranty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Harding v. EldridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Prudence Realization Corp. v. GeistSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Ferris v. Prudence Realization Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1944
- Hamberg v. Guaranteed Mortgage Co.New York Supreme Court · 1942
- In re the Liquidation of Lawyers Title & Guaranty Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1943
- In re the Liquidation of Lawyers Title & Guaranty Co.New York Supreme Court · 1944
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