Cook v. National Fidelity & Casualty Co.
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Webster county: Harry'S. Dungan, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtHamer, J.
Appeal from Webster county. This is an action on an insurance policy. Arabella Cook, the wife of plaintiff, was fatally burned in a fire which occurred in her home at Red Cloud, Nebraska, on May 22, 1913. Suit was brought on the policy issued by the defendant and appellant, and a verdict and judgment were rendered against it, from which it has appealed.
The questions raised involve a construction of the contract contained in the policy. We deem the following *642provisions of the policy essential to an understanding of the questions presented: “National Fidelity & Casualty Company, Omaha,…
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hoffman v. Ætna Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Beber v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenNebraska Supreme Court · 1905
- Estate v. Law Union & Crown InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1914
- Sibert v. HostickNebraska Supreme Court · 1912
- Owens v. Travelers InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1916
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- ætna Life Ins. Co. v. KeplerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
- Great American Reserve Insurance Co. v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960
- English v. National Casualty Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1941
- Smith v. Liberty Life InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1929
- Everett v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1935
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