Legal Opinion
Western Assurance Co. v. Stone
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 23, 1926PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
This was an action on a fire insurance policy on a storehouse and stock of goods.
On Saturday, May 3, 1924, while the policy was in force, a deputy sheriff of Dickenson county levied certain executions in his hands against the insured on the said stock of goods, placed a lock on the storehouse, locked the door, and took the key. He kept the key from one to two hours, when, upon delivery to him of a check of the assured of five hundred dollars, to be applied to .the executions, and'upon representations made to the deputy, he surrendered the key to the assured.
The property was destroyed by fire…
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- Hoffman v. Ætna Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
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