Woodall v. Hartford Fire Insurance

1. Where it is stipulated in a policy of fire-insurance that no action thereon shall be sustainable against the insurance company unless commenced within twelve months next after the occurrence of the loss, an action brought after the lapse of that period is barred, although the petition shows that the suit is a renewal of a previous action which wás commenced within the time limited, and that the second suit was brought within six months after the first one was nonsuited. Melson v. Phenix Insurance Co., 97 Ga. 722.(a) Such a petition should be dismissed on general demurrer. The ruling in…