Cason v. Owens
Supreme Court of Georgia
. Complaint. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. January term, 1896. Suit was brought by May Paulin© Cason and Charles ■and.
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. Complaint. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. January term, 1896. Suit was brought by May Paulin© Cason and Charles ■and. Prank Owens, minor children of Pat H. Owens, deceased (said May Pauline suing by her husband as her next friend, and praying that he or some other proper person be appointed guardian ad litem for said Charles and Prank), against Ruth C., their mother and the widow of Pat TI. ■Owens, to recover money, with interest, alleged to be due them on certain insurance policies. It was alleged, that Pat IT. Owens was holding policies on his life in certain insurance, or…
1Opinion of the Court
Little, Justice.
The official report sufficiently states the facts.
1. An insurance on life is a contract by which the in■surer, for a stipulated sum, engages to pay a certain amount of money if another dies within the time limited by the policy. The insured may direct the money to be paid to his personal representatives, or to Ms wife, or to hfe children or to his assignees, and upon such direction given and *144assented to by the insurer, no other person can defeat the same. Civil Code, §§2114, 2116. Unless some disability to contract exists at 'the time, and be averred, it will be presumed that…
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