United States Mutual Accident Ass'n v. Newman
Supreme Court of Virginia
Argued at Staunton. Decided at Richmond. Error to judgment of circuit court of Augusta county rendered December 3d, 1886, in an action on an accident policy wherein Nora Newman, by her next Mend, was plaintiff, and the United States Mutual Accident Association was defendant. At the trial instructions were asked for by the defendant, and refused, and others given in lieu thereof; to which the defendant excepted.
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Argued at Staunton. Decided at Richmond. Error to judgment of circuit court of Augusta county rendered December 3d, 1886, in an action on an accident policy wherein Nora Newman, by her next Mend, was plaintiff, and the United States Mutual Accident Association was defendant. At the trial instructions were asked for by the defendant, and refused, and others given in lieu thereof; to which the defendant excepted. The verdict was for the plaintiff’ and judgment was entered accordingly, for $3,000.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
This ease is as follows: On the 14th day of November, 1884, a certificate of membership was issued to one James E. Newman for the benefit of his sister Nora Newman, a child of about five years of age. On the morning of September 3rd, 1885, the said James E. Newman was found dead in bed, in a public hotel in the city of Richmond. He had retired to bed about eleven o’clock the night before, and had requested the servant to call him about six o’clock in the morning. The servant upon entering the room next morning about six o’clock, found the room full of coal gas and James E. Newman dead in bed…
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