McCall v. Phœnix Mutual Life Insurance
West Virginia Supreme Court
Supersedeas -to a judgment of the municipal court of Wheeling, granted on the petition of the defendant below, to a judgment of said court, rendered on'the twenty-third day of February, 1876, in- a suit therein pending, wherein Thomas McCall was plaintiff, and the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company, defendant. The opinion of Haymond, President, contains a full statement of the case. The Hon. Gibson L. Cranmer, judge of said municipal court, presided at the trial below.
1Opinion of the Court
HAYMOND, PRESIDENT :
This is an action of trespass in the case in assumpsit, brought in the municipal court of "Wheeling, by the plaintiff, against the defendant, to recover $495.85, money paid to defendant, by plaintiff, as first premium on policy No. 78,355, on the life of plaintiff. After the suit was brought, and on the 20th day of November, 1875, the defendant appeared to the action, and plead non assumpsit, on which plea, issue was regularly joined. Afterwards, a trial by jury was had in the cause, on the issue joined, and the jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, for $564.12,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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