Progressive Life Insurance v. Bohannon

We will discuss grounds 1, 2, and 8 of the demurrer together. These grounds attack the petition because the plaintiff had no right to maintain the action since the policy was not assigned in compliance with a stipulation in the policy concerning the assignment of the policy. The policy provides: “No assignment of this policy shall be binding upon the company unless filed in duplicate at the home office, one to be retained by the company, and the other to be returned to the insured. The company assumes no responsibility for the validity of the assignment.” In Steele v. Gatlin, 115 Ga. 929, 931…