Legal Opinion
Sovereign Camp. W. O. W. v. Hutchinson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 25, 1926No. 8 Div. 636PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
In Ala. Gold Life Ins. Co. v. Johnston, 80 Ala. 467, 470, 2 So. 125, 128 (59 Am. Rep. 816), in discussing the nature and effect of warranties and representations in contracts of insurance, it was said:
“As a general rule it has been laid down, that a warranty'must be a part and parcel of the contract of insurance, so as to appear, as it were, upon the face of the policy itself, and is in the nature of a condition precedent. It may be affirmative of some fact, or only promissory. It must be strictly complied with, or literally fulfilled, before the assured is entitled to recover on the policy.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Empire Life Insurance v. GeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Alabama Gold Life Insurance v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
- Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees v. RigginsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
- Mutual Life Insurance v. AllenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Metropolitan Life Ins. v. GoodmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Reliance Life Ins. Co. v. SneedSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
- Great American Ins. Co. v. DoverSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
- Independent Life Ins. Co. v. ButlerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
- New York Life Ins. v. HortonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Cotton States Life Ins. Co. v. CrozierSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
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