Whitney v. National Masonic Accident Ass'n
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, Edwin O. Whitney, from a judgment of the District Court of Hennepin County, Canty, J., entered June 13, 1892, dismissing the action and for $22.83 costs.
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Appeal by plaintiff, Edwin O. Whitney, from a judgment of the District Court of Hennepin County, Canty, J., entered June 13, 1892, dismissing the action and for $22.83 costs. The defendant, the National Masonic Accident Association, a corporation created under the laws of Iowa, on June 2, 1890, insured plaintiff, and by its policy of that date agreed to pay him $25 per week for a period not exceeding fifty-two consecutive weeks, as indemnity for loss of time in ease he should be 'incapacitated for business by external, violent and accidental means. But the indemnity was not to exceed the sum…
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing the action. This disposition of the cause was directed by the court on the pleadings, when the case came on for trial, upon the ground that the action whs prematurely instituted. It appears that the defendant is a corporation or association organized under the laws of the state of Iowa, and engaged in insuring its members against accidents, the indemnity payable being realized by the association by assessment on its members. The plaintiff became a member of the association, and, having suffered an injury which would entitle him to indemnity, under…
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- President of Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. v. Pennsylvania Coal Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Holmes v. RichetCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880
- Reed v. Washington Fire & Marine InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Gasser v. Sun Fire OfficeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Stephenson v. Piscataqua Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1866
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- Park Construction Co. v. Independent School District No. 32Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1941
- Prader v. National Masonic Accident Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
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