Gerling v. Agricultural Ins.
West Virginia Supreme Court
I.— The court having overruled the motion in arrest of judgment could not go hack for the motion for a new trial, hut should have ■ proceeded to judgment on the verdict. — 1 Barr. 333 ; 2 Salk. 647 ; 1 Barn. & Ores. 160 ; 2 Tuck. Comm. 309 ; 16 Am. & Eng. Ency. L. 635; 41 Mo. 264. II. — Court erred in construing policy forfeited by recovery of judgments. — 12 W. Va. 130; May Ins. J.66, 174, 175, 181; 18 Am.
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I.— The court having overruled the motion in arrest of judgment could not go hack for the motion for a new trial, hut should have ■ proceeded to judgment on the verdict. — 1 Barr. 333 ; 2 Salk. 647 ; 1 Barn. & Ores. 160 ; 2 Tuck. Comm. 309 ; 16 Am. & Eng. Ency. L. 635; 41 Mo. 264. II. — Court erred in construing policy forfeited by recovery of judgments. — 12 W. Va. 130; May Ins. J.66, 174, 175, 181; 18 Am. Bep. 385 ; 80 1ST. Y. 21 ; 82 H. Y. 519. III. — Deed made hy a person mentally incompetent will not forfeit policy. — 2 Bar. L. Pr. 727, 730, 731; 35 W. Va. 492 ; 32 W. Va. 487 ; 35 W. Va.…
1Opinion of the Court
Holt, Judge :
This was a suit on a fire insurance policy bi’ought in the Circuit Court of Berkeley county, in which the jury on the 21st day of April, 1894, found for the plaintiff on the issues joined and assessed his damages at one thousand six hundred and sixty five dollars; but the court on motion of defendant set aside the verdict and granted a new trial. To this action of the court plaintiff obtained this writ of error.
It was an action of assumpsit for two thousand dollars the declaration being in the brief form set out in section 61, e. 125, Code ; and the plaintiff was required to file…
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