Washington County Mutual Ins. v. Miller
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit on the following note, “ For value received in pol- “ icy No. 41650, dated the 8th day of January, 1849, issued by “ the Washington County Mutual Insurance Company, I promise “ to pay said Company the sum of twenty-one dollars in such por- “ tions and at such time or times as the directors of said company “ may, agreeably to their act of incorporation, require. Dated “ the 3d day of January, 1849. (Signed) “Elisha Miller.”
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Assumpsit on the following note, “ For value received in pol- “ icy No. 41650, dated the 8th day of January, 1849, issued by “ the Washington County Mutual Insurance Company, I promise “ to pay said Company the sum of twenty-one dollars in such por- “ tions and at such time or times as the directors of said company “ may, agreeably to their act of incorporation, require. Dated “ the 3d day of January, 1849. (Signed) “Elisha Miller.” The action was originally brought before a justice of the peace and came to the county court by appeal. It appeared that on the 14th day of January, 1851, the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, Ch. J.
These are suits upon premium notes executed to the plaintiffs by members of the company, who have taken policies of insurance of the company. The first premium note is for $21, and the assessment is $5,60. The second note is for $18,60, and the assessment $5,33. In the third case the note is for $6,65, and the assessment is $1,33. T.he suits are brought to recover only the assessment of course. In each case the ad damnum in the writ is $30
Under the decisions in this state, since the case of Hill v. Wait, 5 Vt. 124, which have uniformly…
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