Manufacturers' Accident Indemnity Co. v. Dorgan
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Southern Division of tbe Western District of Michigan. At Law. Action by Susan E. Dorgan against tbe Manufacturers’ Accident Indemnity Company on an accident insurance policy. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
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In Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Southern Division of tbe Western District of Michigan. At Law. Action by Susan E. Dorgan against tbe Manufacturers’ Accident Indemnity Company on an accident insurance policy. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error. Statement by TAFT, Circuit Judge: This was a writ of error brought to reverse a judgment of the United States circuit court for the western district of Michigan, southern division, in favor of Susan E. Dorgan, for $5,200, on an accident insurance policy or certificate of membership issued by the…
1Opinion of the CourtTaft, Circuit Judge
There are 25 assignments of error. Of these, 11 relate to rulings upon evidence. The court refused to permit defendant to ask this. question of a witness who found the body of the deceased in the water: “If he had been standing, in your judgment would it have been possible for him to have fallen in the water in the position in which you found him?” We think the objection to this question was properly sustained. It asked for an opinion of the witness on facts which it was quite possible-for the witness to have detailed to the jury, so that the jury might have drawn its own inference. That…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Accident Insurance v. CrandalSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Healey v. Mutual Accident Ass'n of the NorthwestIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Union Insurance v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Brown v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. MaresSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
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3Cited by134 opinions
- Penn Mut. Life Ins. v. Mechanics' Savings Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
- Wendorff v. Missouri State Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1927
- Kellogg v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2008
- State v. Wilcox.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- United States v. ZazoveSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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