Legal Opinion

St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Gotthelf

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided October 5, 1892PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Error to the district court for Lancaster county. Tried below before Field, J. Six separate actions were commenced by Solomon Gotthelf against The St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, The Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Company, The Anglo-Nevada Assurance Corporation, The North British & Mercantile Insurance Company, The Oakland Home Insurance Company, and The United States Fire Insurance Company.

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Error to the district court for Lancaster county. Tried below before Field, J. Six separate actions were commenced by Solomon Gotthelf against The St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, The Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Company, The Anglo-Nevada Assurance Corporation, The North British & Mercantile Insurance Company, The Oakland Home Insurance Company, and The United States Fire Insurance Company. By agreement of the parties the actions'were consolidated and tried together. Judgment was rendered for plaintiff below, to reverse which each defendant prosecuted proceedings in error. The facts…

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The defendant in error commenced six different actions in the district court of Lancaster county on separate policies of insurance by the plaintiffs in error to recover for damage by fire to a stock of goods covered by said policies. By agreement of parties the several actions were consolidated and tried together, resulting in verdicts against each -of the companies named. A motion for a new trial was made by each oí the defendants below, which motions were overruled and judgments entered in accordance with the verdicts, and said cases removed to this court by petitions in error. The…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Carroll v. Girard Fire Insurance of the City of PhiladelphiaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Billings v. German Ins.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Bammessel v. Brewers' Fire Insurance Co. of AmericaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1877

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Dezell v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1903
  2. Carleton v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
  3. St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad v. HedgeNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Home Fire Insurance v. Hammang Bros. & Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Callihan v. Washington Water Power Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1902

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