Legal Opinion

Ball v. National Life Acc. Ins. of Nashville, Tn

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 21, 1960No. 5 Div. 718PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAWSON, Justice.

We granted writ of certiorari to review the opinion and judgment of the Court of Appeals in the case of Ball v. National *266Life & Accident Insurance Company of Nashville, Tennessee, 118 So.2d 718.

The Court of Appeals affirmed the action of the trial court in giving the general affirmative charge with hypothesis in favor of the defendant, saying: “We are clearly of opinion the evidence established insured was suffering from a disease which materially increased the risk of loss when the policy was issued and that the court properly gave to the jury the general affirmative charge…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Life Ins. Co. v. HarmonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  2. Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. MandelbaumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
  3. Commonwealth Life Ins. Co. v. BrandonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  4. National Life Accident Ins. Co. v. CollinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
  5. Vulcan Life Accident Insurance Co. v. StandiferSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Union Central Life Insurance Company v. ScottSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
  2. City of Mobile v. CunninghamCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1971
  3. Independent Life & Accident Insurance v. MaxwellCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1974
  4. Ball v. Natl. Life Acc. Ins. Co. of NashvilleAlabama Court of Appeals · 1959
  5. Ball v. Natl. Life Acc. Ins. Co. of NashvilleAlabama Court of Appeals · 1959

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