Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Board, Armstrong & Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit court of the city of Alexandria in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the plaintiff. 'Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff corporation to recover of the defendant life insurance company the amount of a policy issued by it for the benefit of the plaintiff upon the life of B. F. Board, its president and general manager. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff to which this writ of error was awarded.
The record shows that the plaintiff was a Virginia corporation, with B. F. Board, its principal incorporator, as president and general manager; that in order to protect the corporation and its creditors from any loss by reason of his death, he approached the…
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