Legal Opinion

Reserve Life Insurance v. Bearden

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 11, 1957No. 36760PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFelton, C. J.

This case may be considerably simplified by stating the following facts in the record: 1. The application is attached to and is made a part of the policy, and the case accordingly comes under the provisions of Code § 56-820, which provides that the representations contained in the application shall .be considered as covenanted to be true, and any variation by which the nature, extent or character of the risk is changed shall void the policy. 2. No language of the insurance contract refers to or states the effect of the application, and no language of the application refers to or limits the…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Johnson v. Ætna InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  2. German American Mutual Life Ass'n v. FarleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  3. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. HaleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1933
  4. New York Life Insurance v. PattenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
  5. Pearl Assurance Co. Ltd. v. NicholsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1946

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Allstate Insurance Company v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
  2. Peek v. Southern Guaranty InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  3. Chester v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
  4. Lincoln Life Insurance v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
  5. Robert J. Keaten v. The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company, a Massachusetts CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981

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