Greenhow v. Buck

Decided November 30, 1816

Supreme Court of Virginia · decided 1816-11-30

<p>1. The President and Directors of the Mutual Assurance Society against tire on Buildings of the State of Virginia are empowered, in calling for quotas to supply a deficiency in its funds, to discriminate between the members, so as to make the requisition from those only, who were insured at the time when fke deficiency jeeurred.</p>

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently June 1914

3 state decisions

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1816-11-30

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¶1November 30th, 1816.

Judge Roane

¶2pronounced the Court’s opinion, that the Judgment be reversed; the law arising upon the defendant’s Demurrer to the plaintiff’s Replication being for the plaintiff. And Judgment was entered, that the plaintiff recover against the defendant the sum of $105,60 cents, being the amount of two thirds of a quota due to the said Society per declaration No. 137, filed in the General Office of Assurance, and also the farther sum of eight dollars and eighty cents, being the amount of two-thirds of a quota due to the said Society per declaration No. 143, filed in the General Office of Assurance as aforesaid, with legal interest on both of the said sums, from the tenth day of December, 1806, to the time of payment, together with seven and a half per cent, damages on said principal and interest, and also their Costs by them in the said Superior Court of law expended.