Tarney v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Superior Court of Delaware

Tarney v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

16 Del. 368

DecidedMay 15, 1897

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Tarney v. Metropolitan Life Insurance, 16 Del. 368 (Del. Ct. App. 1897).

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Opinion

This was an application to show cause why the above suit should not be stayed until costs in a former suit were paid. Rule granted. At the hearing it appeared that a former suit had been brought before a justice of the peace, upon which the judgment was in favor of the plaintiff. Certiorari was taken out and judgment before justice reversed. The costs of the certiorari had not been paid. The rule was made absolute and the suit stayed until the costs in the former suit were paid.

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This was an application to show cause why the above suit should not be stayed until costs in a former suit were paid. Rule granted. At the hearing it appeared that a former suit had been brought before a justice of the peace, upon which the judgment was in favor of the plaintiff. Certiorari was taken out and judgment before justice reversed. The costs of the certiorari had not been paid. The rule was made absolute and the suit stayed until the costs in the former suit were paid.

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16 Del. 368, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/tarney-v-metropolitan-life-insurance-delsuperct-1897.