Legal Opinion
Pruitt v. Great American Insurance Company
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided March 30, 1955No. 238PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
There are no allegations of fraud or of mutual mistake. Therefore, “the written policy is conclusively presumed to express the contract it purports to contain.” Floars v. Insurance Co., 144 N.C. 232, 56 S.E. 915 : See also Distributing Corp. v. Indemnity Co., 224 N.C. 370, p. 374, 30 S.E. 2d 377. Lacking such allegations this suit is upon the Certificate of Insurance as written. Burton v. Ins. Co., 198 N.C. 498, 152 S.E. 396.
Under ail almost identical fact situation the Supreme Court of Alabama in Union Marine & General Ins. Co. v. Holmes, 249 Ala. 294, 31 So. 2d 303, beld that such provision…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Floars v. Ætna Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
- Great American Ins. Co. v. DoverSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
- McKee v. Continental Ins. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1950
- Anderson v. Mut. Life Ins. Co. of N.Y.California Supreme Court · 1913
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. TolbertCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1932
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Allstate Insurance Co. v. Shelby Mutual Ins. Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
- Carroll v. Preferred Risk InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1966
- York Industrial Center, Inc. v. Michigan Mutual Liability Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
- Peirson v. American Hardware Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1959
- Norris v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1975
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