New York Life Insurance v. Franklin
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Roanoke in a proceeding by motion for a judgment for money. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtKei.t.y, J.
This writ of error brings up for review a judgment against the Yew York Life Insurance Company in favor of Mary M. Eranklin for the amount of a policy on the life of her husband, Thomas A. Franklin.
*420A preliminary question arises upon a motion by defendant in error to dismiss the writ as improvidently awarded, on tbe ground that the petition contains no sufficient assignment of error, and is, therefore, violative of section 3464 of the Code. The motion is not without merit, for the petition does not in any very concise or satisfactory manner point out the precise grounds upon which it seeks a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Northern Assurance Co. v. Grand View Building Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Thompson v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- McMaster v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Orr v. PenningtonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- Cole v. Mutual Life Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Flannagan v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1929
- Evans v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1965
- Union Indemnity Co. v. DoddCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1927
- Combs v. Equitable Life Ins. Co. of IowaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
- Peoples Life Insurance v. ParkerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1942
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