Chandler v. American Central Life Insurance
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action on insurance policy; from Haralson superior court — Judge Irwin. April 20, 1921. Helen M. Chandler sued the American Central Life Insurance Company upon an insurance policy for $1,000, of which she was beneficiary, that the defendant had issued upon the life of Luna E. Chandler.
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Action on insurance policy; from Haralson superior court — Judge Irwin. April 20, 1921. Helen M. Chandler sued the American Central Life Insurance Company upon an insurance policy for $1,000, of which she was beneficiary, that the defendant had issued upon the life of Luna E. Chandler. The pleadings and the agreed statement of facts upon which the ease was tried show that the policy was issued and delivered on July 28, 1915, that the first annual premium of $30.83, due July 28, 1915, was paid, that the second annual premium, due July 28, 1916, was paid, and that the third annual premium, due…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.
The conditional receipt, given by the life-insurance company for the premium cheek tendered on the last day for payment, was not in terms or in legal effect a receipt for the premium, but only for the cheek, coupled with what amounted to an extension agreement conditioned, however, upon payment of the check on its presentation. Here, contrary .to the facts in Veal v. Security Mutual Life Insurance Co., 6 Ga. App. 721 (65 S. E. 714), the company did not accept the *811check as in payment of the premium, nor did it even, after notice of dishonor of the check, continue to claim liability and demand…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Veal v. Security Mutual Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
- Moreland v. Union Central Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1898
- New York Life Insurance v. EvansCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
- Belmont Farm v. Dobbs Hardware Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- French v. Columbia Life & Trust Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1916
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- Kersh v. Life & Casualty InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
- National Benefit Life Insurance v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1930
- Silverman v. New York Life Ins.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1932
- William Henry Wall, Jr. And Hallie A. Wall v. The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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