Legal Opinion
West v. Pollard
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 11, 1947No. 15877PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Candler, Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) In an ordinary life-insurance policy, where no power to change the beneficiary is reserved to the insured therein, the issuance of the policy confers a vested right in the person so named as beneficiary, and the insured can not change the contract in this respect without the consent of the designated beneficiary. Bilbro v. Jones, 102 Ga. 161 (29 S. E. 118); Perry v. Tweedy, 128 Ga. 402 (57 S. E. 782, 119 Am. St. R. 393, 11 Ann. Cas. 46); Roberts v. Northwestern Nat. Life Ins. Co., 143 Ga. 780 (85 S. E. 1043); Farmers State Bank v. Kelley,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Central Bank of Washington v. HumeSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Freund v. FreundIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Nally v. NallySupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
- Merchants Bank v. GarrardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1924
- Smith v. Locomotive Engineers Mutual Life & Accident InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Loyd v. LoydSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- Mrs. Mae Hester Bohannon v. Manhattan Life Insurance Company, Defendant-Third-Party v. Jackson's Atlanta Ready Mix Concrete Company, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Maxwell v. BrittCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
- Wilbur v. Bankers Health & Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1951
- Barker v. Jackson National Life InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 1995
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