Manhattan Life Ins. v. Warwick
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an action of covenant in the Circuit court-of the City of Richmond, brought in April, 1866, by Corbin Warwick, a citizen of Richmond, against the Manhattan Life Insurance Company of Hew York..
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This was an action of covenant in the Circuit court-of the City of Richmond, brought in April, 1866, by Corbin Warwick, a citizen of Richmond, against the Manhattan Life Insurance Company of Hew York.. The action was founded on a policy under seal, issued by the defendant to the plaintiff, bearing date the 23d day of July, 1857, whereby the Manhattan Life Insurance Co., in consideration of the sum of $1,031, to> them in hand paid by Corbin Warwick, and of the annual premium of $1,031, to be paid on or before the-23d day of July in every year during the continuance of the policy, insured the…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
In July, 1857, the defendant in error, for his sole use, effected a policy of insurance for ten thousand dollars with the Manhattan Life Insurance Company, the plaintiffs in error, upon the life of his brother, William Sidney Warwick, of Powhatan county, Virginia, who was largely indebted to him. The plaintiff in error was .a New York company, and the policy was effected through their agent in Virginia, J. B. Maemurdo. The premiums on the policy were punctually paid by the defendant in error to their agent in Richmond, up to July 23d, 1862: and the premium for that year, due on that day, he…
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