Legal Opinion

Stewart v. Northern Assurance Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 17, 1898PublishedCited by 11 opinions

•Error to' Circuit Court, Hancock County. Action by Mary A. Stewart against the Northern Assur-n ce Company. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

McWhorter, Judge :

Mary A. Stewart, a married woman, was the owner of an hotel and furniture in New Cumberland; Hancock County, which was insured by the Northern Assurance Company, of London, England, which had its central or principal office in the United States, at Cincinnati, Ohio. A loss occurred by fire, which was duly adjusted at one thousand seven hundred dollars; and, before the money was paid to the assured, Porter & Co., a corporation doing business at .New Cumberland, brought an action before Louis Hauser, a justice of the peace, at Cincinnati, Ohj.0, on a store account against Mary…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Cooper v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  3. D'Arcy v. KetchumSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
  4. Pierce v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
  5. Dorr's Adm'r v. RohrSupreme Court of Virginia · 1886

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Roberts v. Hickory Camp Coal & Coke Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Aldrich v. AldrichWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1962
  3. Gardner v. GardnerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1959
  4. Smith's Adm'r v. Charlton's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1851
  5. Agnew v. CroninCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957

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