Legal Opinion

Fowler v. Preferred Accident Insurance

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 3, 1897PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Action on insurance- policy. Before Pudge Reid. City court of Atlanta. May term, 1896.

1Opinion of the Court

Bish, Justice.

Bowler brought suit, in the city court of Atlanta, against the Preferred Accident Insurance Company of Rew York, on a contract for accident insurance. After evidence for the-plaintiff had been submitted, the court granted a nonsuit. Plaintiff excepted, alleging that the court erred, because under the law and evidence he was entitled to recover on two grounds: (1) on an oral contract made with defendant’s-agents for immediate insurance, and (2) on a written policy which he alleged had been fraudulently dated so as to postdate the accident.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. English & Co. v. ThornSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Parris & Son, Inc. v. CampbellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
  2. Reese v. Fidelity Mutual Life Ass'nSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
  3. Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. PerryCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
  4. Maddox v. Life & Casualty InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1949
  5. Sasser v. Coastal States Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966

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