Lee v. Safeco Insurance Co.

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

Burges H. Lee filed a complaint for breach of an insurance contract against Safeco Insurance Company, alleging defendant failed to pay the full amount of loss to certain property, occasioned by fire, and also sought an additional amount pursuant to Code Ann. § 56-1206 (Ga. L. 1960, pp. 289, 502; 1962, p. 712) for failure to pay the claim allegedly due under the insurance contract entered into by the parties. The defendant’s answer denied the material allegations of the plaintiffs complaint, and also set out that the suit was barred because there was a 12-months…