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Continental Ins. v. Insurance of Pennsylvania

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided March 15, 1892PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Error to tlie Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. At Law. Action by the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania against the Continental Insurance Company of the City of New York to recover $33,105, with interest. Defendant in its answer, by way of counterclaim, demanded judgment against plaintiff for $5,252.88, with interest.

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Error to tlie Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. At Law. Action by the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania against the Continental Insurance Company of the City of New York to recover $33,105, with interest. Defendant in its answer, by way of counterclaim, demanded judgment against plaintiff for $5,252.88, with interest. Verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $16,420.73, and motion for new trial denied. .Judgment for said amount, and for interest thereon, the whole amounting to $18,732.20. Defendant brings error.

1Per curiam

Tliis is a writ of error by the defendant in the suit below to review a judgment of the circuit court for the plaintiff' entered upon the verdict of a jury. The assignments of error impugn the rulings of the trial judge in admitting evidence, and in refusing to instruct the jury to find a verdict for the defendant as to all, and especially as to several, of the causes of action in controversy. Error is also assigned of some of the instructions given to the jury.

The complaint contains 23 counts, each of which sets forth a different and distinct cause of action. Each of them charges that, by…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. New York Mutual Life Insurance v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Pennsylvania Co. v. RoySupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  3. Lincoln v. ClaflinSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  4. Insurance Companies v. WeidesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  5. People v. . DimickNew York Court of Appeals · 1887

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Olson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
  2. American Surety Co. v. PaulyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1896
  3. Hartford Life Insurance v. HopeIndiana Court of Appeals · 1907
  4. Alger v. AndersonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Middle Tennessee · 1897
  5. Boyer v. Edgemont Investment Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1931

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