Legal Opinion

Kaufman v. Penn Mut. Life Ins.

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided March 6, 1933No. 5616PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered against the appellant as defendant below under the seventy-third rule of the lower court, upon the ground that the matters of defense set forth in the plea and affidavit of defendant were insufficient to defeat the plaintiff’s claim. The validity of the seventy-third rule is established by the Supreme Court in Fidelity & Deposit Company v. United States, 187 U. S. 315, 23 S. Ct. 120, 47 L. Ed. 194.

The action was begun in the lower court by a declaration filed by the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, hereinafter called…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  2. Shepherd v. MaySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. Welch v. WalshMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
  4. Booth v. Irving National Exchange BankCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1911
  5. City Savings Bank v. HopsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. John F. Tomlin, Trustee v. The Ceres Corporation, Harry I. Neuman, Defendant-Third-Party Mitchell T. Curtis & Co., Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
  2. United States v. KrochmalDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1970
  3. De Leon v. RhinesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1934
  4. United Clay Products Co. v. LinderCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
  5. Unisys Corp. v. Legal Counsel, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1991

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