Beckett v. Northwestern Masonic Aid Ass'n
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from two orders of the district court for Hennepin county, Pond, J., the one granting plaintiffs a rehearing and setting aside a previous order which granted defendant a new trial, and the other denying defendant’s motion for a new trial, after a verdict in favor of plaintiffs for $1,033.65. The appeal from the trial court’s order granting a rehearing of the motion for a new trial should be dismissed.
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Appeal by defendant from two orders of the district court for Hennepin county, Pond, J., the one granting plaintiffs a rehearing and setting aside a previous order which granted defendant a new trial, and the other denying defendant’s motion for a new trial, after a verdict in favor of plaintiffs for $1,033.65. The appeal from the trial court’s order granting a rehearing of the motion for a new trial should be dismissed. If the trial court had no jurisdiction to make the order it is not reviewable by appeal therefrom. An order granting a rehearing is an interlocutory^ order. It is not an…
1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.
This is an action on a life insurance policy which provides that, “if the insured shall die by his own hand or act, whether sane or insane, within three years from the date of this policy,” the policy shall be void. He died within the three years ■ after the date of the policy, and the defense is that he died by his own hand. On April 13, 1895, he was found dead, lying on some dry leaves, among some scattering trees on the outskirts of a farm. The body Was lying on the face, leaning a little towards the left side, with a bullet hole about an inch and a quarter back of the right ear, just at…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Perine v. Grand Lodge of Ancient Order United WorkmenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Grant v. SchmidtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
- Semrow v. SemrowSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1876
- Weld v. WeldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- State Sash & Door Manufacturing Co. v. AdamsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
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