Reese v. Fidelity Mutual Life Ass'n
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action on insurance policy. Before Judge Reid. City court of Atlanta. May term, 1899. Mrs. Lucy L. Reese sued the Fidelity Mutual Life Association for the amount of a policy issued by it upon the life of her husband, T. B. Reese. Upon the trial the evidence submitted in behalf of the plaintiff was, in brief, as follows: T. B. Reese applied do the defendant company for a policy of insurance on his life for $2,000, in favor- of his wife, Lucy L. Reese.
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Action on insurance policy. Before Judge Reid. City court of Atlanta. May term, 1899. Mrs. Lucy L. Reese sued the Fidelity Mutual Life Association for the amount of a policy issued by it upon the life of her husband, T. B. Reese. Upon the trial the evidence submitted in behalf of the plaintiff was, in brief, as follows: T. B. Reese applied do the defendant company for a policy of insurance on his life for $2,000, in favor- of his wife, Lucy L. Reese. The written application which was signed by him contained the following stipulations: “I hereby agree and bind myself as follows: . . that the…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
In the written application which was signed by the-applicant he expressly agreed that it should be the sole basis-of the contract with the insurance association, if a policy should be issued thereon, and that the policy should not become binding on the association until the first payment due upon it had' been actually received by the association or its authorized agent during the good health of the applicant. The policy likewise contained the stipulation that it should not be binding until delivered during, the good health of the applicant, and until the first payment due thereon had been…
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