Legal Opinion

Grant v. Alabama Gold Life Insurance

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 23, 1886PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Contracts. Notice. Insurance. Pawns. Evidence. Time. Before Judge Adams. Chatham Superior Court. June Term, 1885. On December 17, 1883, Grant sued out an attachment against the Alabama Gold Life Insurance Company for $3,500. The declaration in attachment, as amended, contained four counts, setting forth plaintiff’s claim ns follows: (1.) Because the defendant had refused to give to the plaintiff a paid-up policy upon his life; (2) for money had and received; (3) because the…

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Contracts. Notice. Insurance. Pawns. Evidence. Time. Before Judge Adams. Chatham Superior Court. June Term, 1885. On December 17, 1883, Grant sued out an attachment against the Alabama Gold Life Insurance Company for $3,500. The declaration in attachment, as amended, contained four counts, setting forth plaintiff’s claim ns follows: (1.) Because the defendant had refused to give to the plaintiff a paid-up policy upon his life; (2) for money had and received; (3) because the defendant refused to pay the loss by death upon a policy upon the life of John W. Taylor, assigned to the plaintiff; and…

1Opinion of the Court

■Jackson, Chief Justice.

Grant, for the use of Sheldon, brought suit against the Alabama Gold Life Insurance Company for the recovery of two policies of insurance, one on the life of Grant, for refusal to give a paid-up policy thereon, and the other for refusing to pay loss, on the death of Taylor, for insurance on his life by Grant. The jury found for defendant, a new trial was denied, and the case is here for review.

1. The books of the company were required by notice extending to all dealings in Georgia. A transcript of dealings between plaintiff and the company was furnished, *581under section…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Insurance Co. v. EgglestonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Alabama Gold Life Insurance v. GarmanySupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
  3. Cotton States Life Insurance v. LesterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1879

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Shives v. Eno Cotton MillsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
  2. Ibs v. Hartford Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
  3. Haupt v. Phœnix Mutual Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1900
  4. Neal v. CraySupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  5. Missouri Cattle Loan Co. v. Great Southern Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1932

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