RAMSEY v. HOME INSURANCE COMPANY


125 S.E.2d 201 (1962)

203 Va. 502

Harry Lucas RAMSEY v. The HOME INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 23, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Breckinridge Vance, Buena Vista (Robert C. Smith, Buena Vista, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Edward A. Marks, Jr., Richmond (Sands, Anderson, Marks & Clarke, Richmond, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, WHITTLE, SNEAD, I'ANSON and CARRICO, JJ.


BUCHANAN, Justice.

The plaintiff, Harry Lucas Ramsey, instituted this action on March 20, 1958, to recover under a fire insurance policy issued to him by the defendant, The Home Insurance Company, for the loss sustained when the property insured was destroyed by a fire which occurred on February 13, 1957. The trial court sustained the defendant's special plea that the action was not commenced within twelve months next after the inception of the loss, as required in...

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