Pacific Mut. Life Ins. v. Snowden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. At Law. Action by Andrew J. Snowden against the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company upon an accident insurance policy. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
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In Error to tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. At Law. Action by Andrew J. Snowden against the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company upon an accident insurance policy. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error. Statement by CALDWELL, Circuit Judge: On the 19th day of June, 1889, Andrew J. Snowden, the plaintiff,- who was-then engaged in the business of buying, shipping, and selling. cattle, made application to the defendant, the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance' Company,' through its agent at- Grand Lsland, Neb., for an accident policy of-…
1Opinion of the Court
CALDWELL, Circuit Judge,
after stating tlie facts as above, de-_ livered the opinion of the court.
_ The defendant had a traveling and local agent in Nebraska. Some time before the plaintiff took out the policy in suit, he obtained from one of these agents an accident policy for $5,000. The application for that policy and the policy, were identical in terms with the application and policy in this case, save in amount. When the first policy was taken out, the defendant’s agent Davis testified that the plaintiff asked the question—
“Whether, under that contract, he would be insured if he should go…
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