Legal Opinion

Simmons v. AMERICAN SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 18, 1963No. 39980PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Russell, Judge.

Where by the terms of a contract of motor vehicle insurance the loss is payable to the named insured and a named mortgagee loan company “as interest may appear,” the insured may not, over timely special demurrer, sue in his own name to recover the loss to the exclusion of the mortgagee. He may in the first instance join the mortgagee as party, Georgia Cas. &c. Co. v. Pincus, 89 Ga. App. 836 (81 SE2d 527), or he may maintain the action for his own use and the use of the mortgagee. Johnson v. General Exchange Ins. Corp., 49 Ga. App. 780 (176 SE 840). But an amendment merely…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Johnson v. General Exchange InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
  2. GEORGIA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY v. PincusCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1954

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Rice v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  2. Phoenix Insurance v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
  3. Owens v. Georgia Underwriting Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
  4. McKay v. Consolidated American InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979

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