Legal Opinion

COTTON STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Knowles

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided April 29, 1970No. 5 Div. 8PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WRIGHT, Judge.

Appellee filed suit in the court below with a complaint in code form against appellant seeking recovery on a policy of life insurance upon the life of Craig Winfred Knowles, of which policy she was the beneficiary. The complaint was for $10,-000, due under a policy whereby the appellant, on the 18th day of February, 1966, insured the life of Knowles, who died on the 20th day of February, 1968. Demurrer was filed to the complaint and overruled and appellant filed a plea, which plea has been termed a plea of tender.

The plea alleges that the policy of insurance sued on by the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
  2. Commercial Standard Insurance v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1961
  3. American National Insurance Company v. Joan M. MottaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  4. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. BarrettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
  5. Safeco Insurance Company of America v. BanksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Cheek v. VULCAN LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1973
  2. Alabama Farm Bur. Mut. Cas. Ins. Co. v. PresleyCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  3. Holtze v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
  4. Emerson v. Fireman's Fund, American Life Insurance Co.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1981
  5. The Travelers Insurance Company v. Elizabeth M. SummersCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983

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