Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-22
nent for about $1,000 is asked, was over.

ment for about $1,000 is asked, was over
ruled
The court also handed down an opinion
In the Cherry county bond case, holding that
the bonds OF that county offered for sale
to the state are not legal because the notice
OF The election at which they were voted
was not published as required by law. The
notice was published four different times,
but the first publication was less than four
weeks before election. The court holds that
all such notices must be published four
weeks before election.
The decision OF the district court in the
case Of the First National bank OF Omaha
against Emma Goodman was affirmed. In
this case the bank sued to recover on life
insurance policies given as security for the
payment OF a debt. The syllabus OF the
case is as follows:
Policies Of life insurance on the life
Of her husband were pledged by the bene-
| iiciary as security for the payment OF the
debt Of the husband. The evidence held
auffccnt to support a finding that the con-
tract OF pledge was inclusive of extensions
of time of payment and that such extern
sons were made did not discharge or re-
lease the pledge
The January term OF the supreme court
was concluded this afternoon and the next
II.
Before adjourning the election contest case
Of H. II. Mouk against e. d. Brown, ap-
pcaed from Nuckols county, was advanced
to be tried at the next sitting.
Mistakes of Printers.
In the printed copies OF the life and fire
insurance laws OF the state of Nebraska
compiled by A. e. Sheldon OF the secretary
Of states office and just received at the
state house from the printer, a number Of
mistakes have been discovered in several of
the laws that may possibly lead to litigation
In the act relating to mutual benefit asso-
Citations and life insurance companies intro
duced and passed by the legislature of. 1897
and amended this year. are several provi-
sons authorizing the auditor OF public ac-
counts to transact the business of the insur-
ance department and to accept fees from
insurance companies and in other places ref
erence is made to the governor as insur-
ance commissioner. The Weaver bill, trans
ferring the insurance department to the gov
ernor, was passed and approved March 81
nut all or the amendments to the insurance
laws were not worded IN accordance with
its provisions. In the mutual swine insur-
ance act, authorizing the organization and
regulation of the conduct OF mutual insur-
ance companies insurng against loss Of hogs
Dy ueatn caused by disease, no reference is
made to the insurance commissioner. This
bill was introduced before the Weaver BILL
but was not passed until April T. 1t is
quite an important measure, but 1t refers
only to the state auditor regarding the con-
duct and regulation Of the companies COM
ing under it's head.
The errors in the insurance laws we're dis
covered several weeks before by an employe
in the secretary of states ONCE, ,ut as it
was then too late to rectify the mistakes Of
the legislature nothing was said until the
printed copies of the laws were delivered
to the state today.
The passage of the Weaver bill neces-
Stated many changes and amendments in
measures pending the action of the legisla-
ture and it is not at all surprising that
few errors crept in. According to the meas
ures quoted quite a number of companies
will not be under the direction or regulation
of either the governor the auditor.