Legal Opinion

Hubbard v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided April 5, 1921PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Ohio County. Action by William P. Hubbard against the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. Verdict for plaintiff was set aside, a new trial granted, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Lively, Judge:

This case was before this court on.error in January, 1918, and is reported in 81 W. Va. 663. A terse statement of the controversy is there given. It is unnecessary to make a repetition here. A construction of the loan clause in the policy was the main contention on the first trial and in this court. The judgment was reversed and the base remanded because of improper evidence given to the jury. This court decided' that the insured, upon being refused a loan, as provided in the loan clause of the policy, upon proper terms, and who then obtained' loans elsewhere, upon collateral…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Taylor v. Baltimore & O. R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Hall & Co. v. Lyons & Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Alderson v. MillerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1859
  4. Hubbard v. Equitable Life Assurance SocietyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1918
  5. Moore v. HarperWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Slater v. United Fuel Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Byrd v. Virginian Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1941
  3. Thalman v. SchultzeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Mills v. MillerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1951
  5. Riddle v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1953

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