Legal Opinion

Ashurst v. Preferred Life Assurance Society of Montgomery

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 11, 1968No. 3 Div. 186PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAWSON, Justice.

This is a class action filed in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, in Equity, against Preferred Life Assurance Society of Montgomery, sometimes hereafter referred to as the Assurance Society, and against Preferred Life Insurance Company, a corporation, sometimes hereafter referred to as the Insurance Company.

The Assurance Society was authorized to do business in 1929 as an incorporated non-stock fraternal benefit society under the provisions of §§ 8439-8508, 1923 Code of Alabama.

In 1962 the; Assurance Society converted itself into the Insurance Company, a stock life…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  2. Alabama Power Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  3. Chamberlain v. GaillardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855
  4. Polk v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Assn. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  5. Crowson v. CodySupreme Court of Alabama · 1926

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Doyle v. Union InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Thompson v. American States InsuranceDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1988
  3. Martin v. Cash Express, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2010
  4. Quinnelly v. City of PrichardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  5. Adams v. AdamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977

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