Legal Opinion
Harrison v. Provident Relief Ass'n
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided February 26, 1925PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
On March 14, 1916, Allen E. Harrison was tried for murder and convicted in the Corporation Court of Dan-ville. This conviction was confirmed by that court on March 18th. He was sentenced to confinement for life, in the State penitentiary and was removed to that, prison on March 27th. Some time afterwards, he was taken to the State farm at Lassiter, Virginia, where he-died of tuberculosis on May 31, 1922.
After his conviction, and while he was still in the Dan-ville jail, his father, the plaintiff here, informed an agent of the defendant company of his desire to take out. a policy of insurance…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Wright v. Mutual Benefit Life Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Pfiester v. Missouri State Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1911
- Indiana National Life Insurance v. McGinnisIndiana Supreme Court · 1913
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- Virginia Auto Mutual Insurance v. BrillhartSupreme Court of Virginia · 1948
- Royal Indemnity Co. v. HookSupreme Court of Virginia · 1931
- Flannagan v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1929
- Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada v. Wells Fargo Bank NA (080669) (Statewide)Supreme Court of New Jersey · 2019
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