Legal Opinion

Knapp v. Independence Life and Accident Ins. Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 16, 1961No. 12054Published

1Opinion of the Court

118 S.E.2d 631 (1961)

Dennis R. KNAPP

v.

INDEPENDENCE LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY.

No. 12054.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted January 24, 1961.

Decided March 7, 1961.

Dissenting Opinion March 16, 1961.

Rehearing Denied May 9, 1961.

Campbell, McNeer, Woods & Bagley, Selden S. McNeer, Jr., Huntington, for plaintiff in error.

Lane & Preiser, John J. Lane, Charleston, for defendant in error.

HAYMOND, President.

In this action of assumpsit, instituted in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County in July 1959, the plaintiff, Dennis R. Knapp, seeks a recovery from the defendant,…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Insurance Co. v. WolffSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Security Insurance v. FayMichigan Supreme Court · 1871
  3. Croft v. Hanover Fire InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Coles v. Jefferson Ins. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  5. McCully's Adm'r v. Phœnix Mutual Life Ins.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1881

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