Supreme Court of Virginia September 23, 1926 (Western Assurance Co. v. Stone)

Burks, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action on a fire insurance policy on a storehouse and stock of goods.

On Saturday, May 3, 1924, while the policy was in force, a deputy sheriff of Dickenson county levied certain executions in his hands against the insured on the said stock of goods, placed a lock on the storehouse, locked the door, and took the key.