Legal Opinion

Miller v. Insurance Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 12, 1877PublishedCited by 55 opinions

Supersedeas granted upon the petition of Isaac Miller, to a judgment and order of the circuit court of Ohio county, made on the 31st day of January 1876, setting aside a verdict rendered, and granting a new trial in a certain action of assumpsit then pending in said court, in which the said Isaac Miller, who sued for himself and for the use of Luther E. Magee, David McConnell and L. 'V. Applegate, owners of the steamboat “ Wash.

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Supersedeas granted upon the petition of Isaac Miller, to a judgment and order of the circuit court of Ohio county, made on the 31st day of January 1876, setting aside a verdict rendered, and granting a new trial in a certain action of assumpsit then pending in said court, in which the said Isaac Miller, who sued for himself and for the use of Luther E. Magee, David McConnell and L. 'V. Applegate, owners of the steamboat “ Wash. Saw-tell,” was plaintiff, and the Citizens’ Fire, Marine and Life Insurance Company of Wheeling was defendant. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the…

1Opinion of the CourtHaymond, Judge

This is an action of trespass on the case in assumpsit brought by Isaac Miller, who sues for himself and for the use of Luther E. Magee, David McConnell and L. V. Applegate, late owners of the steamboat called the “Wash Sawtell” against the defendant, and is founded upon a policy of insurance made by the defendant to the plaintiff, on account of the then owners of the said steamboat, in the sum of $2.000.00 upon said steamboat, from the 24th day of October 1871 at noon, to noon of the -24th day of «October 1872, when the policy should espire, “ unless sooner terminated or made void by…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Newlin v. BeardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1873
  2. Muhleman v. National Insurance Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Cronk v. ColeIndiana Supreme Court · 1858
  4. Field v. KinnearSupreme Court of Kansas · 1869
  5. Nagle v. HornbergerIndiana Supreme Court · 1854

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3Cited by55 opinions

  1. Carrico v. West Virginia Cent. & P. R'y Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Bettman v. HarnessWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Coalmer v. BarrettWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Reynolds v. TompkinsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883
  5. Richards v. Riverside Iron WorksWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904

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