Legal Opinion
Ross v. State Life Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 6, 1932No. 8 Div. 406PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
The suit is upon an insurance policy, bearing date January 22,1929, issued by the State Life Insurance Company on the life of H. E. Ross, who died September 28, 1930. The premiums for the first eighteen months were paid up to July 22, 1930, or with grace, period added, up to August 22, 1930. Payment of a further quarter annual premium, $24.80, due July 22,1930, would have continued the policy in force beyond the period of the death of the insured, and the matter of the payment of this premium presents the pivotal litigated question in the case.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Veal v. Security Mutual Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
- Martin v. New York Life Ins. Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1923
- Hayworth v. Philadelphia Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
- Philadelphia Life Ins. v. HayworthCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1924
- Glenn v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Hare v. Connecticut Mutual Life Ins. Co. of HartfordWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1934
- Colonial Life and Accident Insurance Company v. Sarah Ethel WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Henderson v. Nationwide Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1975
- Johnson v. Dairyland Ins. Co.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1981
- Jefferson Motors Co. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
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