Legal Opinion
Volunteer State Life Insurance v. Davis
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided April 20, 1943No. 3 Div. 848PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.
The complaint, pleas 4 and 5, and the demurrers to these two pleas, appear in the report of the case.
In Sovereign Camp, W. O. W., v. Barton, 237 Ala. 120, 186 So. 126, 129, the Supreme Court, referring to proofs of disability, said: “Satisfactory proofs in this connection means proofs which should be deemed satisfactory.”
To like effect is Couch on Insurance, Sections 1516, 1541 and 1688.
As we view the authorities, the lower court correctly sustained the demurrers to pleas 4 and 5, for notwithstanding the averments thereof, the proofs submitted may have been such as…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Eureka Co. v. BassSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
- Travelers' Ins. Co. v. PlasterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- Travis v. L. & N. R. R.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. LandersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
- United States Casualty Co. v. PerrymanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
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