Legal Opinion
Cherokee Credit Life Insurance v. Baker
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 24, 1969No. 44401PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eberhardt, Judge.
Insurance is a matter of contract, and the language used is to be accorded its general ordinary-meaning, bearing in mind that the contract is to be construed in accordance with the intention and understanding of the parties, and in construing it the court cannot go further than a fair construction of the language used will permit. North British &c. Ins. Co. v. Tye, 1 Ga. App. 380, 389 (58 SE 110). “The contract must be construed by the words, unless there be some reason for taking the case out of this first great rule for the construction of contracts.” Roberts v. Willink, 21…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Davis v. United American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959
- Clay v. Phœnix InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
- Johnson v. American National Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- New York Life Insurance v. PattenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
- Carruth v. Ætna Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1924
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Richmond v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- Parris & Son, Inc. v. CampbellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
- Wilburt Sales, Jr., Janice T. Sales, Cross-Appellants v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Wheelwright Trucking Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2002
- American Casualty Co. v. Crain-Daly Volkswagen, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
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