National Life Ass'n v. Hopkins's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Bichmond pronounced April 29, 1899, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellant and others were the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Hopkins’s administrator filed a bill in chancery in the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond in which he avers that the estate of his intestate consists of an interest in four policies of insurance issued in July, 1895, by the National Life Association of Hartford, Conn., each for the sum of $2,000, and payable at his death; that of the said policies of insurance one is in the possession of Thomas Anderson, one in the possession of Robert H. Roundtree, and two' in that of Peter Paul, who claim absolutely the proceeds of the policies by…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Boyce's Executors v. GrundySupreme Court of the United States · 1830
- Sullivan v. Portland & Kennebec RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Wylie v. CoxeSupreme Court of the United States · 1854
- Stuart v. PennisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
3Cited by15 opinions
- Inter-Ocean Insurance v. HarkraderSupreme Court of Virginia · 1951
- Winfree v. Riverside Cotton MillsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
- Town of Farmerville v. Commercial Credit Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
- Connell v. YostWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. JordanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1907
10 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.