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Hartford Life Insurance v. Johnson

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 14, 1919No. 291PublishedCited by 12 opinions

CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. The case is stated in the opinion. in support of the contention that the Connecticut judgment was before the court below, relied on Jenkins v. International Bank, 127 U. S. 484, 488, insisting that the only difference between that case and this was that in that one the judgment in the second action was brought forward while the trial court still retained jurisdiction of the original action, whereas in the case at bar…

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CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. The case is stated in the opinion. in support of the contention that the Connecticut judgment was before the court below, relied on Jenkins v. International Bank, 127 U. S. 484, 488, insisting that the only difference between that case and this was that in that one the judgment in the second action was brought forward while the trial court still retained jurisdiction of the original action, whereas in the case at bar the decree was brought forward for the first time in the Kansas City Court of Appeals because the trial court had, by…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clarke

This is a suit, on a life insurance policy or certificate, in which judgment was rendered against the company, petitioner, successively, by three courts of the State of Missouri. The case is in this court on writ of certiorari granted on the asserted ground that the State Supreme Court failed and refused to give full faith and credit to the judgment and decree of a superior court of the State of Connecticut, and also to the petitioner’s charter, “a public record and act of the State of Connecticut,” in violation of the rights secured to it by Article IV, § 1, of the Constitution of the United…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  2. Hartford Life Insurance v. IBSSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. Western Life Indemnity Co. of Ill. v. RuppSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  4. Gasquet v. LapeyreSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  5. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. MimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1917

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. American Surety Co. v. BaldwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Barbee v. DavisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
  3. State v. O'ConnorOhio Supreme Court · 1966
  4. Barbee v. . DavisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
  5. Great Lakes Steel Corp. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1953

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