Beeler v. Butte & London Copper Development Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; Jeremiah J. Lynch, Judge. Action by Margaret A. Beeler and others against the Butte & London Copper Development Company. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant appeals from the judgment and from an order denying its motion for a new trial. It is held by all courts that it is error to permit reference at the trial of a cause to the fact that the defendant may be one insured with some assurance company.
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Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; Jeremiah J. Lynch, Judge. Action by Margaret A. Beeler and others against the Butte & London Copper Development Company. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant appeals from the judgment and from an order denying its motion for a new trial. It is held by all courts that it is error to permit reference at the trial of a cause to the fact that the defendant may be one insured with some assurance company. That even to permit the jury to gather by way of inference that a defendant carries' insurance is reversible error. In the case of McCarthy v. Spring…
1Opinion of the Court
HONORABLE SYDNEY SANNER,
Judge of the Seventh Judicial District, sitting in place of the Chief Justice, delivered, the opinion of the court.
The respondents, heirs of Edwin Beeler, deceased, recovered judgment against the appellant company for damages for personal injuries sustained by him while in the service of the appellant company, as the result of the negligence of a fellow-servant. The cause is now before this court upon appeal from said judgment and from an order denying appellant’s motion-for a new trial. The transcript assigns sixty-three alleged errors. These, however, are…
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