Kelley v. Aetna Insurance
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mercer County. Action by M. H. Kelley against the Aetna Insurance Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. ■
1Opinion of the Court
MilleR, Judge:
Action on a poliey of fire insurance. Judgment for'plaintiff on the verdict for one thousand dollars, the full amount *639of the policy. This writ of error is prosecuted by defendant company.
The defenses interposed were non-assumpsit, and a special plea that at the time of the fire the policy sued on was not in force, that prior thereto plaintiff had surrendered the policy to defendant for cancellation, and that the same had been duly cancelled at the time of its delivery for that purpose.
The declaration, in the brief form prescribed by the statute, alleged, parenthetically, that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Coalmer v. BarrettWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
- Chapman v. Liverpool Salt & Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
- Clark v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1896
- Sims v. Carpenter, Frazier & Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
- Wicks Bros. v. Scottish Union & National InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
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