Legal Opinion
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Frazer
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 19, 1942No. 14075PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
1. Where a provision in an insurance policy is susceptible of two o,r more constructions, the court will adopt that construction which is most favorable to the insured. Massachusetts Benefit Life Association v. Robinson, 104 Ga. 256 (2) (30 S. E. 918, 42 L. R. A. 261); Johnson v. Mutual Life Insurance Co., 154 Ga. 653 (115 S. E. 14).
2. A provision in a life-insurance policy that “If the insured shall furnish the company with due proof that while insured under this policy, and before having attained the age of sixty, he has become wholly disabled by bodily injuries or disease,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Massachusetts Benefit Life Ass'n v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Cato v. Ætna Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
- Johnson v. Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. SouthSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- Marchant v. New York Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1930
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Float-Away Door Company and National Surety Company v. Continental Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Mutual Life Insurance Co. of N. Y. v. BarronSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- United Benefit Life &C. Ins. Co. v. GlissonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
- General Insurance Co. of America v. Camden Construction Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
- State Mutual Life Assurance Co. v. DorseyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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