Legal Opinion
Vaughn v. National Life & Accident Insurance
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 13, 1939No. 13036PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
.Duckworth, Justice.
The pleadings present two questions: (1) Did the insured give untrue answers to the questions in the application? (2) If so, were they material, and did they change the nature or extent or character of the risk? Since the case is here not on a question of evidence, we must conclude that untrue answers were made by the insured. This confines our consideration to the question whether the variations changed the nature, extent, or character of the risk. In Lee v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 158 Ga. 517 (2) (123 S. E. 737), it was said: “A material representation in an…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Massachusetts Benefit Life Ass'n v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Lee v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1924
- Jefferson Standard Life Insurance v. HendersonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1928
- New York Life Insurance v. HollisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1933
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. YatesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Preston v. National Life & Accident InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. PerryCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. MarshallCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
- Kirk v. First Nat. Bank of ColumbusDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1977
- Mrs. Mary Holcomb Smith and Mrs. Lillian Johnson Smith v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Mrs. Mary Holcomb Smith and Mrs. Lillian Johnson SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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