Foreman v. German Alliance Insurance
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Chancery Court of the city of Norfolk, in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error. The opinion states the cas.e.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This was an action of assumpsit instituted against the German Alliance Insurance Association, on a fire insurance policy, by O. B. Foreman, for the benefit of the Prudential Building and Loan Association.
The defense of the insurance company was that the premises, after the policy had been issued, became and remained vacant, in violation of that condition of the policy which declared that the entire policy shall be void if the building therein described be or become vacant or unoccupied for ten days.
The plaintiff admitted such vacancy, but claimed that the forfeiture resulting therefrom had…
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