Legal Opinion
Citizens Home Insurance v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 1, 1977No. Record No. 760609PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtI’Anson, C.J.
Mabel Nelson and Mattie C. Taylor brought separate actions against the Citizens Home Insurance Co., Inc. (insurer) to recover the amounts claimed to be due under the accidental death provisions of two insurance policies issued by the insurer to plaintiffs’ father, George Huff, the insured.
*217The two actions were consolidated for trial, and a jury-returned verdicts of $1,000 and $3,250 for Mabel Nelson and Mattie C. Taylor, respectively. Judgments were entered on the verdicts.
Mabel Nelson was the named beneficiary under a life insurance policy in the basic amount of $1,000, which the insurer…
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- Banovitch v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1954
- National Life and Accident Insurance Co. v. KnappCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Epps v. . Insurance Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1931
- Epps v. Gate City Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1931
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