Royal Arcanum v. Riley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. January 27, 1914. J. L. Riley instituted an action against Robert E. Riley and Royal Arcanum, in the superior court of Fulton county, to recover one half of the proceeds of an alleged insurance policy issued by Royal Arcanum, whereby that institution contracted, upon the death of E. S. Riley, to pay to the beneficiaries therein nahied, J. L. Riley and Robert E. Riley, three thousand dollars.
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Complaint. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. January 27, 1914. J. L. Riley instituted an action against Robert E. Riley and Royal Arcanum, in the superior court of Fulton county, to recover one half of the proceeds of an alleged insurance policy issued by Royal Arcanum, whereby that institution contracted, upon the death of E. S. Riley, to pay to the beneficiaries therein nahied, J. L. Riley and Robert E. Riley, three thousand dollars. The petition was amended by striking out the first sentence in paragraph 7 and all of paragraph 10, which related to the want of consent upon the…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. This case was before the Supreme Court on a former occasion. Riley v. Royal Arcanum, 140 Ga. 178 (78 S. E. 803). The judgment of the trial court, dismissing the petition on general demurrer, was reversed. The petition did not set forth a copy of the alleged policy issued by Royal Arcanum, and it was construed to be a suit involving liability upon a policy of insurance. In the course of the opinion it was said: “The instrument sued upon is alleged to be a policy of insurance; and in the absence of allegations to the contrary, upon general demurrer it will *77be considered an ordinary policy of…
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