Bennett v. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE & LIFE ASSUR. CORP.

135 S.E.2d 96 (1964)

Jerry G. BENNETT

v.

GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE CORP., Ltd.

No. CC 865.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted January 14, 1964.

Decided March 11, 1964.

David D. Ashworth, Lynch & Henderson, G. Berk Lynch, Beckley, for plaintiff.

Scherer, Bowers, File & Hodson, Donald D. Hodson, Beckley, for defendant and third-party plaintiff.

Fletcher W. Mann, Beckley, for third-party defendants.

BROWNING, Judge.

Plaintiff, Jerry G. Bennett, recovered a default judgment against one Allison, a jury awarded damages in the amount of $35,000.00 and judgment was entered…