Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Rutherford
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Eichmond, rendered April 28, 1899, in an action of debt, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This is the second time this case has been before this court (95 Ya. 778). Upon the former writ of error the judgment was reversed, and the cause remanded, with leave to the plaintiff to amend her declaration. The declaration was amended and another trial had, in which -a verdict and judgment were rendered against the defendant. To that judgment this writ of error was awarded.
Several errors are assigned, among them that the trial court ought to have rendered judgment in favor of the defendant instead of the plaintiff on the demurrer to the evidence. If this be true, it will be unnecessary to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. NewtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Lynchburg Fire Ins. v. WestSupreme Court of Virginia · 1882
- North American Fire Insurance v. ZaengerIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
- Virginia F. & M. Insurance Co. v. MorganSupreme Court of Virginia · 1893
- Home Life Insurance v. SibertSupreme Court of Virginia · 1898
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Thornell v. Missouri State Life Ins.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1923
- Collins v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 1905
- Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Florida · 1918
- Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle v. GarciaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
- Estate of Mohamed v. Monumental Life InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2001
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