Legal Opinion
National Life Ins. Co. of United States of America v. Reedy
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 13, 1927No. 6 Div. 930PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The suit was upon a policy of life insurance. The trial was had on counts 4, 5, and 6. Defendant pleaded the general issue and in short by consent, etc.
The general agent, Foster, was, for many purposes, the alter ego of the company in this state and with authority to bind the principal by certain contracts within the scope of his agency and conduct- of that business. Sections 7209, 8353, Code of 1923; Sun Ins. Office of London v. Mitchell, 186 Ala. 420, 426, 65 So. 143; Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Hayes, 202 Ala. 450, 453, 80 So. 834; Southern States Fire Insurance Company v. Kronenberg,…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Cobb v. MaloneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- McMillan v. AikenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
- Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. CrosbySupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Cherokee Life Ins, Co. v. BrannumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
- Southern States Fire Ins. v. KronenbergSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Home Ins. Co. of New York v. Campbell Motor Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Continental Casualty Company v. Mrs. Gladys Leith HolmesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Home Ins. Co. of New York v. ScharnagelSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Franklin Life Ins. Co. v. BrantleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. McJunkinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
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