Virginia Fire & Marine Ins. v. Wells
Supreme Court of Virginia
Argued at Bichmond. Decided at Staunton. Error to judgment of circuit court of Danville, rendered January 27th, 1886, in the action wherein George W. Wells was plaintiff, and the Virginia Fire and Marine Insurance Company was defendant. The defendant plead specially that by a stipulation in the policy, the time for bringing a suit thereon was limited to six months next after the loss, ■and that the suit had not been brought within that period.
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Argued at Bichmond. Decided at Staunton. Error to judgment of circuit court of Danville, rendered January 27th, 1886, in the action wherein George W. Wells was plaintiff, and the Virginia Fire and Marine Insurance Company was defendant. The defendant plead specially that by a stipulation in the policy, the time for bringing a suit thereon was limited to six months next after the loss, ■and that the suit had not been brought within that period. To this plea the plaintiff demurred, and the demurrer was sustained. Defendant asked that the verdict, which was for the plaintiff for $2,700, be set…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
On the twenty-seventh of May, 1882, Venable and Martin, merchants at Cascade, Va., obtained a policy of insurance on their stock of merchandise for one year from the Virginia Fire and Marine Insurance Company. This policy was renewed for one year from the twenty-seventh of June, 1883. With the company’s approval, Venable and Martin assigned the policy, October 1st, 1883, to S. L. Martin & Co. The latter, on the twenty-first of March, 1884, procured an additional policy of $2,000 on said stock from the London and Lancastershire Company to cover their spring stock for sixty days, and gave…
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