Legal Opinion

New York Life Insurance v. Babcock

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 11, 1898PublishedCited by 89 opinions

Action on insurance policy. Before Judge Fite. Whitfield-superior court. April term, 1897.

1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.

This was a suit upon a policy of lifetinsurance. The case was submitted to the court without a jury, upon an agreed statement of facts, the substance of which was as follows: On November 20, 1895, H. C. Babcock made application to-J. D. Thomas, local agent at Dalton, Ga., of the defendant company, for insurance of $5,000. On the same day Babcock paid the agent the first year’s premium on said policy, to wit $174, and at the same time said local agent gave to said Babcock a receipt to the effect that this sum of $174 should be held for Babcock on the condition, “ that if the officers at the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Clay v. Phœnix InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
  2. Rushin v. Shields & BallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
  3. McCully's Adm'r v. Phœnix Mutual Life Ins.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1881
  4. Mutual Life Insurance v. ThomsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1893
  5. Ross v. CampbellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884

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3Cited by89 opinions

  1. Todd v. German American InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  2. Kilborn v. Prudential InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
  3. Maddox v. Life & Casualty InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1949
  4. Waters v. Security Life & Annuity Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
  5. Unterharnscheidt v. Missouri State Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1912

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