Legal Opinion

Tomson v. Iowa State Traveling Men's Ass'n

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided January 24, 1911No. 16,564PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the district court for Lancaster county: Willard E. Stewart, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtFawcett, J.

From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor for the death by accident of her husband, defendant appeals.

A concise statement of the accident is given in Western Travelers Accident Ass’n v. Tomson, 72 Neb. 661. A sufficient statement of the issues will appear in the discussion of the different assignments hereinafter considered.

We find at the very threshold of the case an objection to the jurisdiction of the court. Two reasons are assigned in support of this objection: (a) That no summons was ever served upon defendant, or upon any authorized agent of defendant; (b) that defendant was not at the time…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  2. Vila v. Grand Island Electric Light, Ice & Cold Storage Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1903
  3. John Deere Plow Co. v. WylandSupreme Court of Kansas · 1904
  4. Hilmer v. Western Travelers Accident Ass'nNebraska Supreme Court · 1910
  5. State v. United States Mutual Accident Ass'nWisconsin Supreme Court · 1887

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Bekken v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1940
  2. Central Nebraska Public Power & Irrigation District v. WalstonNebraska Supreme Court · 1941
  3. Major Creek Lum. Co. v. JohnsonOregon Supreme Court · 1921
  4. Scott v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1943
  5. Iowa State Traveling Men's Ass'n v. RugeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1917

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