American Fire Insurance v. Landfare
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from tire district court of Douglas county. Tried below before Hopewell, J. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion. Tbe introduction in evidence of tbe newspaper article for the purpose of fixing upon insurer knowledge of liens on the insured property, in absence of testimony that insurer’s agents saw the article, was prejudicial error.
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Error from tire district court of Douglas county. Tried below before Hopewell, J. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion. Tbe introduction in evidence of tbe newspaper article for the purpose of fixing upon insurer knowledge of liens on the insured property, in absence of testimony that insurer’s agents saw the article, was prejudicial error. (King v. Paterson cG H. B. B. Co., 29 N. J. L. 92; Brundred v. Del Hoyo, 20 N. J. L. 328; Fosgate v. Herkimer Mfg. & Hydraulic Co., 9 Barb. [N. Y.] 287; Goetz v. Bank of Kansas Gity, 119 U. S. 551; Watkins v. Peek, 13 N. H. 373.) Landfare had no insurable…
1Opinion of the CourtNorval, J.
On November 26, 1888, the American Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia, through its Omaha agents, Murphy & Lovett, issued its policy of insurance whereby, in consideration of the sum of $52.50 paid as premiums, it insured Harvey Landfare against loss or damage by fire for the period of one year from that time in the sum.' of $1,750, on his two-story building, used mainly for the storage of cutters, carts, and carriages, located in block 15, in Albright’s Choice, an addition to South Omaha. The policy contained this clause: “Loss, if any, first payable to John Wendell as his interest may…
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