Robertson v. Scottish Union & National Ins.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Virginia
This was an action by C. C. Robertson & Co. against the Scottish Union & National Insurance Company on a policy of insurance, originally brought in the corporation court of the city of Lynch-burgh, Ya., and removed by the defendant to this court. When the case came on for trial, and after a jury had been impaneled, the plaintiff offered certain evidence, to which the defendant objected, and the court toolr the question under advisement.
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL, District Judge.
This is an action in assumpsit, brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant company, on a policy of insurance, to recover damages for a loss to the plaintiffs by a fire which occurred in the city of Lynchburgh, Va., on the 3d day of February, 1894. The. policy, among its provisions, contains the following:
“In the event of disagreement as to the amount of loss, the same shall; as above provided, be' ascertained by two competent and disinterested appraisers, the insured and this company each selecting one; and the two so chosen shall first select a competent and…
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