EQUITABLE VARIABLE LIFE INS. CO. v. WOOD

Record No. 841572.

362 S.E.2d 741 (1987)

EQUITABLE VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Wallace J. WOOD.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 25, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas L. Guynn (Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver, Harrisonburg, on briefs), for appellant.

Karen L. Geary, Harrisonburg, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


WHITING, Justice.

In this case, we decide whether an insurance policyholder effectively cancelled her life insurance policy when she mailed a notice of cancellation to her insurance agent's office at his direction, rather than to the place specified in the policy where "premiums and requests [should be sent]... unless instructed otherwise."

Wallace J. Wood, beneficiary under his daughter's life insurance policy, filed this action to recover upon that policy...

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