Legal Opinion

Walker v. Penick's

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 21, 1918PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Halifax county, in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.

1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.

On June 7, 1900, Bishop Clifton C. Penick insured his life in the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia for the sum of ten thousand dollars, and his daughter, the plaintiff in error, was named as the beneficiary in the policy. The policy was issued on the ten-payment life plan, which required ten annual payments or premiums of $954.40 each to be paid in advance on June 1st, of.each year. The policy, among other provisions, contained the following, which are pertinent to the questions at issue: (1) “The insured, with the written approval of the .president, or vice-president,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Freund v. FreundIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Hopkins v. Hopkins' Adm'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1891
  3. Holder v. Prudential InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
  4. Stratton's Administrator v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1913

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Smith v. ColemanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1945
  2. Katz v. Ohio National BankOhio Supreme Court · 1934
  3. Sexton v. CornettSupreme Court of Virginia · 2006
  4. Schwartz EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  5. In Re Estate of CohenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1960

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