Legal Opinion
Sands v. Bankers' Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 23, 1937No. June 10, 1937 UPON PETITION FOR REHEARING, Staunton, September 23, 1937Published
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court 1
168 Va. 645 (1937)
ALEXANDER H. SANDS, JR., ADMINISTRATOR, ETC.
v.
BANKERS' FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Supreme Court of Virginia.
June 10, 1937; UPON PETITION FOR REHEARING, Staunton, September 23, 1937.
Alexander H. Sands and Alexander H. Sands, Jr., for the plaintiff in error.
Christian, Barton & Parker and Theodore J. Breitwieser, for the defendant in error.
Present, All the Justices.
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