Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias v. Crenshaw
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action upon insurance policy. Before Judge Mitchell. Colquitt superior court. October 29, 190C. Kate Crenshaw brought suit against the Supreme Lodge of the-Knights of Pythias, alleging, that the defendant was incorporated under an act of Congress, with an office and place of doing business in the county in this State in which the suit was brought; that it issued a benefit certificate and policy of insurance, insuring the life of Perry J. Williams in the sum of $2,000; that…
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Action upon insurance policy. Before Judge Mitchell. Colquitt superior court. October 29, 190C. Kate Crenshaw brought suit against the Supreme Lodge of the-Knights of Pythias, alleging, that the defendant was incorporated under an act of Congress, with an office and place of doing business in the county in this State in which the suit was brought; that it issued a benefit certificate and policy of insurance, insuring the life of Perry J. Williams in the sum of $2,000; that the plaintiff is the mother of the insured and the beneficiary under the certificate; that the insured was a member in…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, P. J.
(After stating the facts.)
1. The first special plea set np the defense that the insured came to his death by the hands of justice. The agreement in the policy was that if the death was. “caused or superinduced at the hands of justice,” the full amount of the policy could not be recovered. The code declares, “Death by suicide, or by the hands of justice, either punitive or preventive, releases the insurer from the obligation of his contract.” Civil Code, §2118. It is contended; not that the death of the insured was the result of the administration of punitive justice, but that it was the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Gresham v. Equitable Accident InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
- Insurance Co. v. SeaverSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Griffin v. Western Mutual Benevolent Ass'nNebraska Supreme Court · 1886
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