Legal Opinion
DeLaPerriere v. American Home Assurance Insurance
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 7, 1962No. 39642PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carlisle, Presiding Judge.
The plaintiff in error contends that he was entitled to revoke his cancellation of the fire insurance policy at any time before he surrendered the policy and received or had tendered to him the return premium. This argument is unsound. It is true that to be effective the notice must be received by the insurer (Bankers Mutual Cas. Co. v. Peoples Bank of Talbotton, 127 Ga. 326 (1), 56 SE 429), but nothing more is required except that the notice conform to the terms of the contract of insurance. Home Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. Chattahoochee Lumber Co., 126 Ga. 334 (55 SE 11).…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Gately-Haire Co. v. . Niagara Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. PedersonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1947
- Bankers Mutual Casualty Co. v. Peoples BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Home Insurance Co. of New York v. Chattahoochee Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Manhattan Life Insurance v. AllisonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1936
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Employers' Fire Insurance v. Pennsylvania Millers Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
- Ector v. American Liberty InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- Occidental Life Insurance v. TempletonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1963
- Coe v. Farmers New World Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1989
- Commercial Standard Insurance Company v. Farmers Alliance Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967
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