Quarrier v. Peabody Insurance Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
. These cases were brought to this Court, by writs of ° 7 J error and supersedeas, allowed upon petitions of the de- ' fendants below, respectively, to judgments rendered by the circuit court of Kanawha county, on the 11th day of December, 1874. In one of the said suits, William A. Quarrier, trustee for Mrs. D. R. Laidley, was plaintiff below, and The Peabody Insurance Company was defendant below; in the other, William A. Quarrier, trustee for Mrs. D. JR/. Laidley, was…
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. These cases were brought to this Court, by writs of ° 7 J error and supersedeas, allowed upon petitions of the de- ' fendants below, respectively, to judgments rendered by the circuit court of Kanawha county, on the 11th day of December, 1874. In one of the said suits, William A. Quarrier, trustee for Mrs. D. R. Laidley, was plaintiff below, and The Peabody Insurance Company was defendant below; in the other, William A. Quarrier, trustee for Mrs. D. JR/. Laidley, was plaintiff below, and The .¿Etna Fire and Marine Insurance Company was defendant below. Green, President, who delivered the…
1Opinion of the Court
Green, President,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In the first of these causes, the plaintiff, on July 1, 1870, brought an action of assumpsit in the circuit court of Kanawha county, against the defendant. The basis of the action was a policy of insurance against fire, issued by the defendant to the plaintiff, of which the following are the contents, so far as they have any bearing on this case:
“By this policy of insurance the Peabody Insurance Company, in consideration of thirty dollars, to them paid by the assured hereinafter named, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do insure…
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