SHARP v. RICHMOND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


183 S.E.2d 132 (1971)

212 Va. 229

Avery Junior SHARP v. RICHMOND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 1, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Harvey Neff, Jr., Galax (James T. Ward, Galax, on the brief), for appellant.

George P. Young, Wytheville (Campbell & Campbell, Wytheville, on the brief), for appellee.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, HARRISON, COCHRAN, and HARMAN, JJ.


COCHRAN, Justice.

This chancery suit was brought by Avery Junior Sharp against Richmond Life Insurance Company to compel specific performance of a contract of credit accident and sickness insurance. The Insurance Company denied liability on the ground that Sharp's disability resulted from sickness or disease contracted prior to the effective date of the policy and thus expressly excluded from coverage. From the final decree...

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