Legal Opinion
Jefferson County Burial Soc., Inc. v. Curry
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 16, 1939No. 6 Div. 451PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOULDIN, Justice.
Action by beneficiary named in a policy of burial insurance for recovery of damages for breach of the obligation to bury the insured member of the society.
The original complaint was in Code form for action on a life insurance policy. Code, § 9531, Form 12. On the trial Count A was filed, making the burial policy a part thereof, and alleging a breach of the obligation to furnish a burial of the value of $200, etc.
Defendant moved for a continuance on the ground of surprise, and assigns as error the overruling of such motion.
No abuse of the discretion in such case sufficiently…
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