Metropolitan Casualty Insurance v. McAuley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action upon insurance policy. Before Judge Fite. Whitfield superior court. Mrs. Belle E. McAuley brought suit against the Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company to recover the sum of $5,500, alleged to be due petitioner by reason of the following facts: The plaintiff was the beneficiary named in a policy of accident insurance issued by the defendant company on the - life of her husband, Sheridan McAuley. The insured died on January 28,1907 from the discharge of a pistol.
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Action upon insurance policy. Before Judge Fite. Whitfield superior court. Mrs. Belle E. McAuley brought suit against the Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company to recover the sum of $5,500, alleged to be due petitioner by reason of the following facts: The plaintiff was the beneficiary named in a policy of accident insurance issued by the defendant company on the - life of her husband, Sheridan McAuley. The insured died on January 28,1907 from the discharge of a pistol. Plaintiff alleged, that she had fully complied with the conditions of the policy; that on the 4th of February after her…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
1. It was stipulated in the policy of -insurance sued on in this case that “Immediate written notice must be given at New York City of an accident or injury for which a claim is to be made, with full particulars thereof, and full name, and address of insured.” On a blank form furnished her by the agents of the defendant company the plaintiff, on the 4th day of February, six days after the death of the insured, forwarded to the insurance company at New York the notice of the death of the insured. This paper, which was offered in evidence, so far as is material here, was as follows: “Q. Nature…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Simmons v. Western Travelers Accident Ass'nNebraska Supreme Court · 1907
- Western Travelers' Accident Ass'n v. HolbrookNebraska Supreme Court · 1902
- Correll v. National Accident SocietySupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
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