Haden v. Farmers & Mechanics Fire Ass'n
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decrees of circuit court of Botetourt county, rendered September 2nd and October 25tli, 1884, respectively, in the chancery cause wherein Richard G. Haden was complainant, and the Farmers and Mechanics Benevolent Fire Association, of Roanoke and Botetourt counties, was the defendant.
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Appeal from decrees of circuit court of Botetourt county, rendered September 2nd and October 25tli, 1884, respectively, in the chancery cause wherein Richard G. Haden was complainant, and the Farmers and Mechanics Benevolent Fire Association, of Roanoke and Botetourt counties, was the defendant. In his bill the complainant claimed that the agent of the defendant corporation had, on 19th September, insured his dwelling-house and furniture therein for $1400, and that he had then and there paid the required premium to said agent, but that before the policy had been issued, to-wit, on 1st…
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
On the 19th of September, 1883, the appellee, a corporation created under the laws of Virginia, sent its agent, one II. P. Kyle, to the house of the appellant, in the county of Botetourt, to solicit an insurance of the said house and of the furniture and household property therein. The said agent examined the house and household furniture, and valued the dwelling-house at $1800, and the furniture at $300; and fixed the insurable value of the former at $1200, and of the latter at $200; making the total insurable value $1400; and estimated the amount of premium and charges for such insurance to…
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