Legal Opinion
American National Insurance v. Lynch
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 22, 1934No. 23244PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStephens, J.
1. The terms of a written contract may be modified by a subsequent contract wholly in parol. The rule which prevents the modification of a written contract by matter in parol has reference to the engrafting of the parol matter into and as a part of the original contract. It has no reference to a subsequently created valid contract in parol which modifies a pre-existing written contract. Elyea-Austell Co. v. Jackson Garage, 13 Ga. App. 182 (79 S. E. 38).
2. Where, by the terms of a written contract, a soliciting agent for an insurance company, whose duty it is to collect premiums payable…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cooper v. RicketsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1913
- Elyea-Austell Co. v. Jackson GarageCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1913
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Moss & Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
- Andrews Co. v. DorsettCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1922
- Johnson v. Dodge Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Evans v. HensonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1946
- Cooper v. G. E. Construction Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
- R. P. Farnsworth & Co., Inc. v. Tri-State Construction Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- BAKER MORTGAGE CORPORATION v. HugenbergCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
- Petkas v. WRIGHT COMPANY INC.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
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