Legal Opinion
Burton v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 26, 1934No. 23817PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSutton, J.
“All actions upon promissory notes, bills of exchange, or other simple contracts in writing, shall be brought within six years after the same become due and payable." Civil Code (1910), § 4361. (Italics ours.) A contract of insurance not executed under seal is a simple contract in writing, and where no contractual limitations are contained therein as to the time when an action on the policy shall be brought, the statute of limitations applicable to simple contracts in writing applies. 37 C. J. 597, § 378. In Jackson v. Southern Mutual Life Ins. Co., 36 Ga. 429, where the insurance policy…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Great American Co-Operative Fire Ass'n v. JenkinsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1912
- Shearlock v. Mutual Life InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1916
- Harrison v. Masonic Mutual Benefit SocietySupreme Court of Kansas · 1898
- Kauz v. Great Council of the Improved Order of Red MenMissouri Court of Appeals · 1883
- Jackson v. Southern Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1867
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3Cited by13 opinions
- General Electric Credit Corp. v. Home Indemnity Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
- Thornton v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
- Prudential Insurance Co. v. SailorsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1943
- Nicholson v. Nationwide Mutual Fire InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1981
- Cotton States Mutual Insuance v. AtkinsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
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