National Life & Accident Insurance v. Hamby

1. A petition purporting to set forth a cause of action against an insurance company on a contract of insurance insuring against loss of life and against certain other specified injuries or losses, but which does not allege that the company accepted the risk and assented to the terms of the contract (Maddox v. Life & Casualty Ins. Co., 79 Ga. App. 164, 170, 53 S. E. 2d, 235), or that the agent taking the application and accepting the advance payment of premiums had authority to bind the company (Home Insurance Co. v. Fain, 46 Ga. App. 632, 167 S. E. 890), was subject to general demurrer and…