Seal v. Farmers & Merchants Insurance
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court of Lancaster county. Tried below before Cornish, J. References: Billings v. German Ins. Go., 34 Nebr., 502; Preston Nat. Banlc v. Michigan Mutual Fire Ins. Go., 73 N. W. Rep. [Mich.], 815; Harding v. Nonoich Union Fire Ins. Go., 71 N. W. Rep. [S. Dak.], 755; Home Fire Ins. Go. v. Phelps, 51 Nebr., 623; Bellevue Boiler Mill Go. v. London & Liverpool Fire Ins. Go., 39 Pac. Rep. [Idaho], 196; Hartford Fire Ins.
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Error from the district court of Lancaster county. Tried below before Cornish, J. References: Billings v. German Ins. Go., 34 Nebr., 502; Preston Nat. Banlc v. Michigan Mutual Fire Ins. Go., 73 N. W. Rep. [Mich.], 815; Harding v. Nonoich Union Fire Ins. Go., 71 N. W. Rep. [S. Dak.], 755; Home Fire Ins. Go. v. Phelps, 51 Nebr., 623; Bellevue Boiler Mill Go. v. London & Liverpool Fire Ins. Go., 39 Pac. Rep. [Idaho], 196; Hartford Fire Ins. Go. v. Josey, 25 S. W. Rep. [Tex.], 685; Bergeron v. Pamlico Ins. & Banicing Go., 15 S. E. Rep. [N. Oar.], 883; Slobodislcy v. Phenios Ins. Go., 52 Nebr.,…
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.
This was an action by Lydia G. Seal against the Farmers & Merchants Insurance Company to recover on a fire policy. The jury, in obedience to a peremptory instruction, found the issues in favor of-the defendant, and a motion for a new trial having been denied, judgment was rendered on the verdict. The insured property, a dwelling-house in the city of Lincoln, was, at the date of the policy, owned by Harriet A. Coffman, and incumbered by a first mortgage ih favor of the plaintiff for $2,300, and by a second mortgage ih favor of J. H. McMurtry for $2,200. W. B. Seal, the plaintiff's agent, was…
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