Legal Opinion
Boswell v. Gulf Life Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 9, 1944No. 14768PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Chief Justice.
The time when an insurance policy shall become effective is an essential element of the contract, and the parties may fix a future date upon which it shall become effective. Clark, Rosser & Co. v. Brand, 62 Ga. 23; Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Thompson, 20 Ga. App. 706 (7) (93 S. E. 299); Electric City Lumber Co. v. New York Underwriters Insurance Co., 43 Ga. App. 355 (158 S. E. 620); Matlock v. Hollis, 153 Kan. 227 (109 Pac. 2d, 119, 132 A. L. R. 1316); 6 Couch on Insurance, § 1328; 29 Am. Jur. 225, § 219; 32 C. J. 1164, § 277. A policy bearing a given date, and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- New York Life Insurance v. BabcockSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Mitchiner v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
- Gray v. LynnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
- Fowler v. Preferred Accident InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Matlock ex rel. Matlock v. HollisSupreme Court of Kansas · 1941
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Maddox v. Life & Casualty InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1949
- Sasser v. Coastal States Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
- Harrison v. AMERICAN LIBERTY INSURANCE COMPANYCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
- Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. WadeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1953
- Rowell v. Georgia Casualty & Surety Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
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