Legal Opinion

Ball v. Northwestern Mutual Accident Ass'n

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided February 1, 1894No. 8448PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal by defendant, the Northwestern Mutual Accident Association, a corporation, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, William Lochren, J., made April 1, 1893, denying its motion for a new trial.

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Appeal by defendant, the Northwestern Mutual Accident Association, a corporation, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, William Lochren, J., made April 1, 1893, denying its motion for a new trial. Defendant was incorporated under Laws 1885, ch. 184 to do casualty insurance business at Minneapolis on tbe co-operative or assessment plan, and on December 1G, 1891, insured John (3-. Ball the plaintiff, an electrician, against bodily injury by external violent and accidental means; and agreed to pay him as indemnity the value of his time lost thereby, not exceeding twelve dollars…

1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.

This action was brought to recover on one of the defendant’s insurance policies for a bodily injury suffered by accidental means.

The case was tried by the court without a jury, and the facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the lower court, which is hereinafter quoted. ,

Upon the trial the court below decided one of the principal questions in favor of the defendant, and the other in favor of the plaintiff, and ordered judgment against the defendant for the sum of $51.50 and interest from August 11, 1892, and the costs and 'disbursements. The opinion of the court below upon the question…

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