Legal Opinion
Prudential Insurance Company of America v. Willis
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 30, 1970No. 45731PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Evans, Judge.
1. Counsel for the defendant contends that the Georgia law is controlling as to the meaning of the term "child or children” in the beneficiary clause of the Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance Act (79 Stat. 883, 38 USCA §770). Indeed, the ruling in Cooper v. Melvin, 223 Ga. 239 (154 SE2d 373) supports the contention as to the meaning of the term "child or children,” for in that case the Supreme Court held that the term would not cover illegitimate children. That ruling is as follows: "The word 'children’ in the printed form of the group insurance policy under consideration in the…
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