Legal Opinion

Rieffer v. Home Indemnity Co.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided August 19, 1948No. 636PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLAGETT, Associate Judge.

The parties to this action are attaching creditors of the same debtor. No question is raised as to the validity of either’s claim; the only point being priority of right as between their two attachments.

The appellee company had bonded Crumbley in the amount of $2,500 on a real estate broker’s bond, and upon his default paid this sum into the registry of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia for adjudication of conflicting claims and distribution to proven creditors. Thereafter appellee brought the present action against Crum-bley to…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. St. Maxent's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
  2. Martin v. SchilloIllinois Supreme Court · 1945
  3. General Finance Co. v. PowellMontana Supreme Court · 1941
  4. Sinclair Refining Co. v. BoundsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1939
  5. Duxbury v. DahleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Fran Heiser v. Islamic Republic of IranCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2013
  2. Jack Development, Inc. v. Howard Eales, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
  3. Morfessis v. ThomasDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952
  4. Rieffer v. Home Indemnity Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
  5. Metro Rentals, Inc. v. WagnerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981

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