COSGROVE-MEEHAN COAL CORP. ET AL.

v.

ANGLAND ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Lind v. Schenley Indus. Inc., 278 F.2d 79 (3d Cir. 1960)
  …A. 2d 265. The principle of Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins does not determine the division of functions between court and jury. This is controlled solely by Federal law. Ettelson v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 3 Cir., 137 F. 2d 62, certiorari denied 1943, 320 U.S. 777, 64 S.Ct. 92, 88 L.Ed. 467; Diederich v. American News Co., 10 Cir., 1942, 128 F. 2d 144. Federal law provides that the answers to questions relating to the scope and extent of an agent’s apparent authority are for the triers of the facts, here the…
• In re BEN Cooper, Inc. v. The Ins. Co. OF the State OF Pa., 896 F.2d 1394 (2d Cir. 1990)
  …footnotes omitted); see also American Life Ins. Co. v. Stewart, 300 U.S. 203, 212 (1937); Woods v. National Life and Accident Ins. Co., 347 F. 2d 760, 767 (3 Cir.1965); Ettelson v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 137 F. 2d 62, 65 (3 Cir.), cert. denied, 320 U.S. 777 (1943). That the claim may be construed as a request for a declaratory judgment does not change matters. It is settled law that in a declaratory action, “the nature of the underlying dispute determines whether a jury trial is available.” In re Peti…
• Odessa Woods v. The Nat'l Life & Accident Ins. Co., 347 F.2d 760 (3d Cir. 1965)
  …ejudice. In the absence of special circumstances which are not present here, the issue of fraud in the procurement of insurance is triable to the jury upon demand. Ettelson v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 137 F. 2d 62, 65-66 (3 Cir. 1943), cert. den. 320 U.S. 777, 64 S.Ct. 92, 88 L.Ed. 467; 5 Moore’s Federal Practice (2nd ed.) ¶ 38.20. Applying the Pennsylvania choice of law rule, the necessary substantive elements constituting fraud in the instant case is properly ascertained by reference to the law of that…