Mound City Mutual Life Insurance v. Twining
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Douglas District Court. The necessary facts, pleadings, and proceedings are fully stated in the subjoined opinion. The district court, at July Term 1875, gave judgment for plaintiffs for $4,833.10, besides interest and costs, and the Insurance Company brings the case here on error for review.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This case was once before in this court'; (12 Kas. 475.) At that time the judgment of the court below was reversed, and cause remanded for a new trial. On its return to the court below the parties filed new pleadings. The new petition filed by the plaintiffs reads as follows:
(Title.) “The plaintiffs show to the court that the defendant is a corporation created under the laws of the state of Missouri, and having an office and doing business within the state of Kansas, and duly empowered, by law to do and transact the business of life…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Mayer v. Mutual Life Ins.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1874
- Thompson v. St. Louis Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- Ruse v. Mutual Benefit Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1858
- Mound City Mutual Life Insurance v. TwiningSupreme Court of Kansas · 1874
- New York Life Insurance v. McGowanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1877
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- Armourdale State Bank v. HoelSupreme Court of Kansas · 1926
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