Melton v. Aetna Insurance

Lively, Judge:

The Aetna Insurance Company complains of a judgment entered by the circuit court of Kanawha County which denied it a writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the common pleas court for $2,110.00 recovered by Joanne Melton in an action of assumpsit upon a policy of insurance upon a dwelling house.

Joanne Melton owned lots 7 and 8, block I, situate in Chesapeake, Kanawha County. A dwelling, intended as a gift to plaintiff, was erected by plaintiff’s husband so as to enhance the value of the property; and on April 3, 1926, the defendant insurance company, through its local…