Legal Opinion
Mercury Insurance v. Griffith
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 10, 1941No. Record No. 2445PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
By policy of date February 21, 1939, the Mercury Insurance Company insured the household and personal effects of H. P. Griffith, then in his residence near Marion, Virginia. By rider attached, it appears that Mrs. Fannie G. Griffith was the actual owner and that loss, if any, should be payable to her.
In this home, about half-past two in the morning of March 26, 1910, a fire of accidental origin broke out.
As one enters this residence from the front there is a living room to the right and back of it a bedroom, occupied by the Griffiths. The room to the left and front is also a bedroom. In it…
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