Legal Opinion

Kettenbach v. Omaha Life Ass'n

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided December 2, 1896No. 6956PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Error from the district court of Douglas county. Tried below before Keysor, J. Where the statements warranted by the assured are untrue, he cannot recover. {¿Etna Life Ins. Co, v. France, 91 U. S., 510; Connecticut Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Pyle, 44 O. St., 19; Baumgart v. Modern Woodmen of America, 85 Wis., 546; Cobb v. Covenant Mutual Benefit Ass’n, 153 Mass.,-176; Fitsrandolph v. Mutual Belief Society, 17 Can. S. C., 338; Jeffries v. Economical Life Ins. Co., 22 Wall. [XJ.

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Error from the district court of Douglas county. Tried below before Keysor, J. Where the statements warranted by the assured are untrue, he cannot recover. {¿Etna Life Ins. Co, v. France, 91 U. S., 510; Connecticut Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Pyle, 44 O. St., 19; Baumgart v. Modern Woodmen of America, 85 Wis., 546; Cobb v. Covenant Mutual Benefit Ass’n, 153 Mass.,-176; Fitsrandolph v. Mutual Belief Society, 17 Can. S. C., 338; Jeffries v. Economical Life Ins. Co., 22 Wall. [XJ. S.], 47; Morgan v. Mutual Life Benefit Ass’n, 32 111. App., 79; Johnson v. Maine & Nexo Brunswick Ins. Co., 83 Me., 183;…

1Opinion of the Court

Eagan, C.

This is a suit upon a life insurance policy brought in the district court of Douglas county by Frank W. Kettenbach, administrator of the estate of William F. Kettenbach, deceased, against the Omaha Life Association, the successor ,of the Pythian Life Association, hereinafter called the “insurance company.” At the close of the evidence the insurance company moved the court for a direction to the jury to return a verdict in favor of the administrator for the sum of $90.15, the amount'of the premium paid by the deceased to the insurance company for the policy in suit. This motion was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ætna Insurance v. SimmonsNebraska Supreme Court · 1896
  2. German Ins. v. FairbankNebraska Supreme Court · 1891

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Continental Casualty Co. v. OwenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
  2. Modern Woodman Accident Ass'n v. ShryockNebraska Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Bryant v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaNebraska Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Muhlbach v. Illinois Bankers Life Ass'nNebraska Supreme Court · 1922
  5. Ætna Life Insurance v. RehlaenderNebraska Supreme Court · 1903

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