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ROCKINGHAM MUT. INS. CO. v. HUMMEL

Record No. 770879.

250 S.E.2d 774 (1979)

ROCKINGHAM MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. Mildred HUMMEL.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James V. Lane (Donald D. Litten, Conrad, Litten, Sipe & Miller, Harrisonburg, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

No brief or argument for defendant in error.

Before CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

COMPTON, Justice.

In this fire insurance case, a husband intentionally burned a dwelling jointly owned and insured by both husband and wife. The innocent wife claims entitlement to a share of the insurance proceeds. The issue on appeal arose in the following manner.

Appellant Rockingham Mutual Insurance Company sued Harold Lee Hummel and appellee Mildred Hummel, his wife, to recover $21,600 paid to the Hummels as the result of an April 1975 fire which destroyed...

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