Union Central Life Ins. v. Pollard
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond, rendered June 30, 1894, in a proceeding by motion on a notice wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. This was a proceeding by notice on an insurance policy on the life of Augustus M. Broach. The beneficiary in the policy, the plaintiff in the'court below, wasDollieE. Pollard, his daughter.
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond, rendered June 30, 1894, in a proceeding by motion on a notice wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. This was a proceeding by notice on an insurance policy on the life of Augustus M. Broach. The beneficiary in the policy, the plaintiff in the'court below, wasDollieE. Pollard, his daughter. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for the sum of four thousand dollars, the amount of the policy, subject to a credit for two hundred and seven dollars and twelve…
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
Section 321] of the Code authorizes a party]entitled to recover money from a life insurance company on a policy of insurance to proceed against it by motion upon notice. Morotock Ins. Co. v. Pankey, &c., 91 Va. 259; Long v. Pence's Com., 93 Va. 584.
The policy of insurance provided that “it was issued and accepted upon the further conditions and agreements contained on the following page, which are made a part of this contract cmcl which contract shall be held and consi/rued to have been made in the cii/y of Cincinnati. Ohio. ’ ’
The defendant company was an Ohio corporation, doing business in…
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