McLean v. Piedmont & Arlington Life Ins.
Supreme Court of Virginia
_ This was an action of covenant in the circuit court of the city of Richmond, brought by Christopher W. McLean for the benefit of Eliza, W. Bissell and J. F. Darrow, against the Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance Company *of Virginia, to recover the sum of five thousand dollars on a policy of insurance issued by said company upon the life of Wiley F. Higgins, of the state of North Carolina.
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_ This was an action of covenant in the circuit court of the city of Richmond, brought by Christopher W. McLean for the benefit of Eliza, W. Bissell and J. F. Darrow, against the Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance Company *of Virginia, to recover the sum of five thousand dollars on a policy of insurance issued by said company upon the life of Wiley F. Higgins, of the state of North Carolina. The policy was issued on the 22d of July, 1869, through the agency of D. T. Carraway, the agent of the company at Newbern, North Carolina, in favor of Christopher W. McLean, who, in March, 1870,…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
In July, 1869, Christopher W. McLean, who is plaintiff in error, and was plaintiff in the court below, and sued for the benefit of Eliza W. Bisseíl and J. E. Darrow, obtained from the defendant a policy in the amount of five thousand dollars, assuring the life of Wiley E. Higgins, of North Carolina, for considerations and upon conditions therein expressed, for the term of the said Higgins’ life. This contract of assurance was made at the defendant’s agency, at Newborn, in North Carolina, and was made with its agent there, T. D. Carraway.
On the 33d of March, 1870, McEean assigned the policy to…
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