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29 F. Cas. 35

Walker v. Kremer

U.S. District Court

Decided January 5, 1878

U.S. District Court · decided 1878-01-05

Bill in equity filed by the assignee of the State Insurance Company of Missouri, a for•eign insolvent corporation, against its Pennsylvania general agents, setting forth an ac.count stated by them, and praying that they •should be decreed to pay the balance due thereon; or, if they denied the correctness •of their account stated, make discovery and account. [A demurrer to the bill was heretofore overruled.

Decided 1878-01-05

McKENNAN, Circuit Judge.

¶1The case is a very doubtful one, and my opinion has wavered during the argument. The Pennsylvania cases cited by Mr. Biddle certainly seem to establish his proposition, but it may be doubted whether they are not in conflict with the decision of the supreme court of the United States in Armstrong v. Toler, supra. O11 the whole, I am inclined to direct the defendant to account.

CADWALADER, District Judge.

¶2I am inclined to agree with Mr. Ferriere’s argument, and if he wishes to take the case further, would (as the amount is less than $5,000) certify to a difference of opinion. The principle is extremely important, and it may be questioned whether C. J. Gibson has not abandoned the rule in his statement of the corollaries to be drawn from it.

¶3Afterwards (January 8, 1S7S) the court entered a decree for an account, CADWALADER, District Judge, saying, that on further consideration he concurrred with McKENNAN, Circuit Judge, as to defendant’s liability to account.

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