Cotton States Life Insurance v. Edwards
Supreme Court of Georgia
Continuance. Practice in Superior Court. Attorney and Client. Discretion. Witness. Evidence. Principal and Agent. -Insurance. Contracts. Waiver. Words and Phrases. New -Trial. Before Judge Simmons. Bibb Superior Court.
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Continuance. Practice in Superior Court. Attorney and Client. Discretion. Witness. Evidence. Principal and Agent. -Insurance. Contracts. Waiver. Words and Phrases. New -Trial. Before Judge Simmons. Bibb Superior Court. October Adjourned Term, 1883. Mrs. Emma C. Edwards, administratrix of her husband, H. S. Edwards, deceased, sued the Cotton States Life Insurance Company on a policy of .-insurance on the life of deceased for $5,000.00. Plaintiff also alleged a demand and refusal to pay in sixty days in bad faith, and claimed damages and attorney’s fees. The defendant pleaded-. (1.) The general…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall. Justice.
1. That continuances of causes on account of the absence of counsel are not favored has been more than once decided by this court. Such excuses should be discountenanced; it is the duty of counsel to attend, and their failure to do so is no cause for postponement, unless in cases of necessity or misconception. Such were the distinct declarations of this court in Allen vs. The State, 10 Ga., 85, and these rulings have been since followed. Both the counsel in this case were absent without leave and without notification to the court. One was attending to a case in this court from a…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Cannon v. Home Insurance Company of New YorkWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
- Pennsylvania Fire Insurance v. KittleMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
- Merritt v. Cotton States Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1875
- Home Life Insurance v. PierceIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Allen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1851
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Missouri State Life Insurance v. LovelaceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Reserve Life Insurance Co. v. AyersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1961
- Krogg v. Atlanta & West Point RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
- Tillis v. Liverpool & London & Globe InsuranceSupreme Court of Florida · 1903
- Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1942
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