Legal Opinion
Life Insurance v. Brockman
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 12, 1939No. Record No. 2070PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHudgins, J.
This action was instituted against the Life Insurance Company of Virginia to recover $1,000, the amount of a policy issued on the life of Richard S. Brockman for the benefit of his wife, Myrene G. Brockman. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, on which the trial court entered judgment. To the judgment of the trial court, the Life Insurance Company of Virginia obtained this writ of error.
It appears that Richard S. Brockman, for some time immediately prior to his death, had been on a drinking spree. While on this spree he had a quarrel with his wife, who, on January 3, 1938, left home and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- New York Life Insurance v. GamerSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance v. HogueSupreme Court of Virginia · 1906
- Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Co. v. KoegelSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
- Life Insurance v. HairstonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1908
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. DeVault's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1909
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Callahan v. Connecticut General Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1947
- Robertson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1970
- Life & Casualty Insurance v. DanielSupreme Court of Virginia · 1968
- Lockwood v. Travelers Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Colorado · 1972
- Seater v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1945
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