Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Hayslett
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Norfolk ■county in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, on the 26th of February, 1907, received from Joseph Hayslett a written application for insurance, dated on the 20th of that month, and issued its policy to him on the 9th day of the ensuing March for the sum of $500. On the 27th of February, 1908, Hayslett died, and a suit was brought upon the policy, a verdict rendered and a judgment recovered which is before us upon -a writ of error.
The policy contained the following provisions: “It is further declared and agreed that the foregoing statements and answers,…
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