Nesson v. United States Casualty Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract on a policy of insurance “ against loss from common law or statutory liability for damages on account of bodily injuries, fatal or non-fatal, accidentally suffered within the period of this policy by any person or persons while in the car of ” an elevator in a building of the plaintiff “ or in the elevator well or hoistway of same, or while entering upon or alighting from the car.”
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Contract on a policy of insurance “ against loss from common law or statutory liability for damages on account of bodily injuries, fatal or non-fatal, accidentally suffered within the period of this policy by any person or persons while in the car of ” an elevator in a building of the plaintiff “ or in the elevator well or hoistway of same, or while entering upon or alighting from the car.” Writ in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk dated March 3, 1908. The defendant demurred to the declaration. The demurrer was heard before Wait, J., who made an order sustaining it. Judgment was…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant, founded on an order sustaining the defendant’s demurrer to the plaintiff’s declaration. The suit was brought under a policy of insurance against loss from common law or statutory liability for damages on account of bodily injuries, accidentally suffered, within the period of the said policy, by any person or persons while in the car of certain elevators in a building belonging to the plaintiff, nr in the elevator well or hoistway of the same, while entering upon or alighting from the car. The declaration avers that a suit was brought…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Connolly v. BolsterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Davison v. Maryland Casualty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Cornell v. . Travelers' Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- O'Connell v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
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- Long v. Union Indemnity Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Cayard v. RobertsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1910
- G. A. Stowers Furniture Co. v. American Indemnity Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1927
- Tighe v. Maryland Casualty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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