Valley Mutual Life Ass'n v. Teewalt
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Shenandoah county in action of assumpsit instituted by James N. Tee wait, son of Samuel Teewalt, to recover of the Valley Mutual Life Association of Virginia, the sum of one thousand dollars for which the father had insured his life in favor of his son.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of Shenandoah county in action of assumpsit instituted by James N. Tee wait, son of Samuel Teewalt, to recover of the Valley Mutual Life Association of Virginia, the sum of one thousand dollars for which the father had insured his life in favor of his son. To this action defendant company demurred, pleaded non assumpsit, and several special pleas, alleging fraud, misrepresentation, breach of warranty, and concealment in respect to the age of the insured. A verdict was found for the plaintiff and judgment entered accordingly. To this judgment the defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
The grounds of demurrer assigned are, first, that the assured did not sustain such a relation to the insured as would entitle him to recover, and second, that the interest of the assured was not sufficiently set forth in the declaration of the plaintiff. Neither of these grounds can be maintained, for, as to the first objection no matter what doubt may have been formerly entertained on the subject, it is now well settled that a father has an *423insurable interest in the life of his child, whether a minor or of full age, and the child in the life of his father. Bliss on Life Ins. (2d ed.), 41,…
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