Legal Opinion
Farmers & Mechanics Benevolent Fire Insurance v. Horton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 17, 1931PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
Designating the parties as they were designated in the trial court, plaintiff is seeking to recover on a fire insurance policy issued by the defendant company to Susie G. Horton on November 4, 1927.
Susie G. Horton is the wife of W. H. Horton who has acted for her throughout this entire transaction. He applied for the policy, it was delivered to him, and it is he who is actively prosecuting the demand for recovery.
The defendant corporation was chartered in 1873 by a special act of legislation. It is a strictly mutual company, and its policies, charter, constitution and by-laws passed in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Boyd's Lessee v. GravesSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Martin's Executors v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1920
- Wytheville Ins. & Banking Co. v. TeigerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1893
- Polglaise v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1913
- Anthony v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1925
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Ampy v. Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Virginia · 1958
- H. L. Carpel of Richmond, Inc. v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1934
- Home Brewing Co. v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1943
- Southern Railway Co. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
- Ampy v. Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Virginia · 1958
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