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NORTH AMERICA INS. CO. v. HIBERNIA INS. CO.

No. 14.

140 U.S. 565 (1891)

11 S.Ct. 909

35 L.Ed. 517

INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, v. HIBERNIA INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 25, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lawrence Lewis, Jr., and Mr. J.M. Wilson for appellant. Mr. J. Bayard Henry and Mr. Samuel Shellabarger were with them on the brief.

Mr. Thomas J. Semmes for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a bill in equity by the Hibernia Insurance Company, a corporation of Louisiana, against the Insurance Company of North America, a corporation of Pennsylvania, to recover back sums paid under policies of reinsurance by which the plaintiff reinsured the defendant. The bill prayed for a discovery, an account and general relief. The case was referred to a master, upon whose report a decree was entered for the...

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