76 Neb. 314 | Neb. | 1906
This was an action instituted by the defendant in error, hereafter called plaintiff, against the plaintiff, in error,
The first question for our consideration is whether or not the offer to confess judgment was a general appearance or a submission to the jurisdiction of the court. The offer was filed for the purpose of saving costs to the defendant in the event that the final adjudication would result in the recovery of no greater sum, and for this purpose the defendant thereby invoked the power of the court. The party filing an offer to confess judgment recognizes the authority of the court to render judgment for the amount due on the cause presented. As the defendant thus entered a general appearance we deem it unnecessary to consider the defendant’s objections to the process.
By the contract defendant indemnified plaintiff against damages to its bank building or contents by burglars, and also against loss of money abstracted by burglars making entry into a certain safe by the use of tools or explosives directly thereupon. On the night of the 25th of January, 1904', and during the time covered by the contract, burglars entered plaintiff’s building, and damaged the same to the extent of $25, and abstracted from the safe described in the contract money amounting to $1,489.30. The defendant acknowledged its liability for the $25 damage committed to the premises, but denied liability for the money stolen, alleging that the safe from which the money was abstracted was not entered by the use of tools or explosives directly thereupon.
The question tried was whether or not the burglars resorted to the use of tools applied directly upon the safe,
By the Court: For the reasons stated in the foregoing opinion, it is ordered that the judgment of the district court be
AFFIRMED.