Continental Casuality Co. v. Lindsay
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Albemarle county in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This action was brought by Willie A. Lindsay to recover of the Continental Casualty Company the amount of an accident insurance policy taken out by James O. Lindsay, who was, about six months thereafter, accidentally killed. The plaintiff was named in the policy as the beneficiary thereunder, and described therein as the wife of the insured. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff which we are asked to review.
We are of opinion that when the existence of an insurance policy is not known for several months after the death of the insured, and the beneficiary therein, as soon…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jeffries v. Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Woodmen Accident Ass'n v. PrattNebraska Supreme Court · 1901
- Solomon v. . Continental Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Traveler's Insurance v. HarveySupreme Court of Virginia · 1885
- Wooddy v. Old Dominion InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1879
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- Unverzagt v. PresteraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Curran v. National Life Insurance Co. of the United StatesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
- Chitwood v. Prudential InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
- Inter-Ocean Insurance v. HarkraderSupreme Court of Virginia · 1951
- Green v. Southwestern Voluntary Ass'nSupreme Court of Virginia · 1942
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