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COLEMAN v. NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

179 S.E.2d 466 (1971)

211 Va. 579

Nancy C. COLEMAN v. NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 8, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Garland Wells, Portsmouth, for plaintiff in error.

James N. Garrett, Jr., Portsmouth (Garrett, Garrett & Garrett, Portsmouth, on brief), for defendant in error.

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

SNEAD, Chief Justice.

Nancy C. Coleman, widow of Ray E. Coleman, instituted an action against Nationwide Life Insurance Company to recover a judgment for money due her as named beneficiary under a certain life insurance policy issued to her husband. Nationwide defended on the ground that the policy had lapsed before Coleman's death. Mrs. Coleman contended, among other things that the company, by its conduct, was estopped to assert the policy had lapsed, and that it...

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