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CHITWOOD v. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA

143 S.E.2d 915 (1965)

206 Va. 314

Christine H. CHITWOOD v. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 10, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Kennett, Jr., Roanoke, for plaintiff in error.

Eppa Hunton, IV, Richmond, (Lewis T. Booker, Hunton, Williams, Gay, Powell & Gibson, Richmond, on brief), for defendant in error.

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

SPRATLEY, Justice.

The plaintiff, Christine H. Chitwood, whose true name is Christine D. Brown, instituted this action by motion for judgment seeking to recover from the Prudential Insurance Company of America the amount of a life insurance contract issued by it on March 5, 1962, to James O. Chitwood, Jr., who died of a gunshot wound on May 8, 1962. The insurance policy designated plaintiff as a beneficiary thereunder, describing her as the wife of the insured.

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