Traveler's Insurance v. Harvey
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of hustings court of Roanoke city, rendered 13th December, 1884, in an action of assumpsit, wherein Jacob Harvey was plaintiff, and The Traveler’s Insurance Company was defendant. The object of this action was to recover the sum of $1,500, the amount of a policy on the life of one Joseph Baker for the plaintiff’s benefit.
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Error to judgment of hustings court of Roanoke city, rendered 13th December, 1884, in an action of assumpsit, wherein Jacob Harvey was plaintiff, and The Traveler’s Insurance Company was defendant. The object of this action was to recover the sum of $1,500, the amount of a policy on the life of one Joseph Baker for the plaintiff’s benefit. The verdict of the jury gave the plaintiff the sum demanded, and the court overruled the defendant’s motion for a new trial, and entered judgment on the verdict; and the defendant obtained a writ of error and supersedeas to this court. The facts are set…
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
The record in this case shows that on the 18th day of June, 1884, a policy was issued by The Traveler’s Insurance Company, insuring one Joseph Baker in the sum of $1,500 against injuries resulting from accidental causes, in favor of his uncle, one Jacob Harvey, erroneously called in the policy of insurance, Joseph Harvey.
On the night of the 19th day of August, 1884, Joseph Baker, the person who was insured, fell from a window of his boarding-house, receiving injuries from which-he in a few days died. Thereupon the assured, the defendant in error here, *955having first demanded payment of the…
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