Kerns v. Ætna Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
FARIS, District Judge.
Plaintiff in error, as plaintiff below, sued defendant on a policy of accident insurance, on the life of her deceased husband, George G. Kerns, wherein she was the beneficiary. At the close of the evidence on plaintiff’s part, the trial court directed a verdict for defendant, and plaintiff seeks here a reversal of that ruling.
Errors in the exclusion of evidence offered by plaintiff are assigned, but none of these has merit, and, even if they had merit, the exclusion of the evidence offered did" not affect, and on no possible theory could have affected, the result. The…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- United States Mutual Accident Ass'n v. BarrySupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Insurance Co. v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Freeman v. Mercantile Mutual Accident Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- National Masonic Acc. Ass'n of Des Moines v. ShryockCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1896
- Aetna Life Insurance v. BethelCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
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