Schultz v. Phenix Ins.

PAUL, District Judge.

This suit was brought in the state circuit court of Botetourt county, Va., and by the respondent removed into this court. It is a suit for specific performance of a parol contract of insurance alleged to have been made by the Franklin Brass Company, through its agents, J. B. Moore & Co., of Richmond, Va., with P. J. Otey & Co., of Lynchburg, Va., agents of the respondent insurance company. The contract is alleged to have been made by letter and telegraphic correspondence between the agents of the two companies, respectively. Moore & Co. were insurance brokers in the city…