Merritt v. Cotton States Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Georgia
New trial. Practice in the Superior Court. Insurance. Jurisdiction. Venue. Administrators and executors. Waiver. Evidence. Insanity. Suicide. Before Judge Clark. Sumter County. At Chambers, February 5th, 1875. On March 24th, 1874, Thomas H. Merritt, as administrator upon the estate of Wade H. Merritt, deceased, brought complaint against the Cotton States Life Insurance Company, for $10,000 00, alleged to be due on a policy of insurance covering the life of said deceased.
Read the full summary
New trial. Practice in the Superior Court. Insurance. Jurisdiction. Venue. Administrators and executors. Waiver. Evidence. Insanity. Suicide. Before Judge Clark. Sumter County. At Chambers, February 5th, 1875. On March 24th, 1874, Thomas H. Merritt, as administrator upon the estate of Wade H. Merritt, deceased, brought complaint against the Cotton States Life Insurance Company, for $10,000 00, alleged to be due on a policy of insurance covering the life of said deceased. The declaration also contained a count for $4,000 00, it being four-tenths of the face of said policy, under a stipulation…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant on a life insurance policy. On the trial of the case, the jury, under the charge of the court, found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $2,734 52, with twenty-five per cent, damages on that amount, and $1,000 00 for attorney’s fee. A motion -was made for a new trial on the several grounds stated therein, which was granted by the court on eight of the grounds taken in the motion, and the defendant insists that the court should have granted the new trial on several other grounds stated in the motion,…
2Cited by27 opinions
- Dependable Insurance Co. v. GibbsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- Mutual Life Insurance v. DurdenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
- Grand Lodge Independent Order of Mutual Aid v. WietingIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Cotton States Life Insurance v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884
- French v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
22 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.