Legal Opinion

Hohn v. Inter-State Casualty Co.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided November 23, 1897PublishedCited by 53 opinions

Error to Saginaw; Wilber, J. Aqsurnpsit by Julius C. Hohn against the Inter-State Casualty Company, of New York, on a policy of accident insurance. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.

Plaintiff recovered a judgment against the defendant, from which judgment defendant appeals. The plaintiff was a barber by occupation. According to his testimony, he slipped, and, in the effort to save himself from falling, he received a severe wrench in the small of his back. The next day, Saturday, he went to his place of business, late. He suffered pain all the time, and did some work, but not nearly what he would have done if he had been well. Saturday night and all day Sunday he applied liniment and plasters to his body, the pain going all through his body, and lay on a couch all day…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lobdill v. Laboring Men's Mutual Aid Ass'n of ChatfieldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
  2. Turner v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Towle v. Ionia, Eaton & Barry Farmers' Mutual Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Wolcott v. United Life & Accident InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1889
  5. Stillwell v. FosterSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1888

3Cited by53 opinions

  1. Cato v. Ætna Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
  2. Rezendes v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
  3. North American Accident Ins. Co. v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
  4. James v. United States Casualty Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1905
  5. New York Life Ins. Co. v. TorranceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932

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