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KNICKERBOCKER LIFE INS. CO. v. PENDLETON

115 U.S. 339 (1885)

KNICKERBOCKER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. PENDLETON & Others.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 16, 1885.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James A. Dennison [Mr. Leslie W. Russell also filed a brief] for plaintiff in error.

Mr. L.W. Humes and Mr. D.H. Poston [Mr. W.K. Poston was with them on the brief] for defendants in error.

The cases of Musson v. Lake, 4 How. 262, and United States v. Ross, 92 U.S. 281, are relied on by the defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The judgment rendered in this case on the 5th of January last (see opinion, 112 U.S. 696) was set aside on the last day of the last term, and the cause was restored to the docket for reargument at the present term. The original action was brought by several joint plaintiffs, minors and children of Samuel H. Pendleton, deceased, against the Knickerbocker Life Insurance Company,...

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