Mutual Assurance Society v. Scottish Union & National Insurance
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of city of Nichmond, rendered December 24th, 1885, in an action of assumpsit on a policy of insurance, wherein the plaintiff in error, the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia, was plaintiff, and the defendant in error, the Scottish Union and National Insurance Company, was defendant.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of city of Nichmond, rendered December 24th, 1885, in an action of assumpsit on a policy of insurance, wherein the plaintiff in error, the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia, was plaintiff, and the defendant in error, the Scottish Union and National Insurance Company, was defendant. Instructions were asked for by the defendant at the trial and given by the court, to which ruling the plaintiff excepted, and the verdict and judgment being for the defendant, the plaintiff obtained a writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of the city of Richmond, rendered on the twenty-fourth of December, 1885. The facts material to be stated are briefly as follows: The plaintiff in error having a risk of $3,500 on the property of James T. Gray, procured, through Claiborne & Son, insurance brokers in Richmond, Virginia, a re-insurance in the defendant in error’s company as to $2,000 thereof, on December 11, 1883. The said Claiborne & Son, brokers, having procured this insurance, delivered the policy to the plaintiff in error, and received the premium from them, the…
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