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· 2/28/1964

Metcalf v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company

Citations

  • 126 N.W.2d 471
  • 176 Neb. 468
  • 1964 Neb. LEXIS 201

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding \operate\ means \the personal act of working the mechanism of the automobile\
  • holding “operate” means “the personal act of working the mechanism of the automobile”
  • rejecting insurer’s contention that consent judgment created no legal obligation to pay
  • insurer bears the burden of proving the unreasonableness of judgment awarded the injured party against the insured, where the judgment was determined by a trial court
  • attorney fee awarded pursuant to Neb.Rev.Stat. § 44-359 is taxable as costs and constitutes no part of the judgment; interest was properly chargeable on the judgment, but not on attorney fees that constituted no part of the judgment

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Judges: White, Carter, Messmore, Yeager, Spencer, Boslaugh, Brower

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