Bockover v. Life Ass'n of America
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of chancery court of the city of Richmond in suit of Benjamin T. Bockover, plaintiff, against the Life Association of America, Wm. 0. Knight, T. M. Fowlkes, E. 0. Stacy, Geo. P. Stacy, John A. Moshy, Thomas Guy, H. 0. Hechler, J. R. Rennie, W. A. Rennie, John H. Wright, R. S. Elam, T. G. Elam, Thomas B. Henley, A. T. Hundley, W. H. Toppy, Miles B. Branch, and B. K. M. Friend, defendants.
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Appeal from decree of chancery court of the city of Richmond in suit of Benjamin T. Bockover, plaintiff, against the Life Association of America, Wm. 0. Knight, T. M. Fowlkes, E. 0. Stacy, Geo. P. Stacy, John A. Moshy, Thomas Guy, H. 0. Hechler, J. R. Rennie, W. A. Rennie, John H. Wright, R. S. Elam, T. G. Elam, Thomas B. Henley, A. T. Hundley, W. H. Toppy, Miles B. Branch, and B. K. M. Friend, defendants. The plaintiff in 1872 insured his life for $10,000, payable in 1882, in the defendant company, which was chartered in Missouri. In 1879, a Missouri court decreed it to he insolvent. Under…
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
This case is before this court upon a rehearing, and it has received the careful consideration which' its importance demands.
The facts and pleadings, so far as they may he necessary for a proper understanding of the points decided, may he briefly stated as follows:
The Life Association of America, was, as its name indicates, a life insurance company, regularly incorporated under the laws of the state of Missouri, and doing business in the state of Virginia.
In this company the appellant, Benjamin T. Bockover, insured his life on the. 28th day of September, 1872, for the benefit of his wife and…
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