THE LIFE & CAS. INS. CO. &c. v. BENION

33202.

82 Ga. App. 571 (1950)

61 S.E.2d 579

THE LIFE & CASUALTY INS. CO. OF TENN. v. BENION.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied October 28, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Buchanan, Mary J. Nelson, for plaintiff in error.

Bill A. Shirley, Ruby S. Poole, contra.


FELTON, J.

1. The defendant's first contention is that the automobile which the insured was using in participating in a stock car race was in fact a racing car and not an automobile within the meaning of the policy. The terms of the policy do not undertake to define an automobile. Therefore, the term must be given its legal signification. "The word `automobile' has a well-fixed significance in the popular understanding . . . It is understood to refer to a wheeled...

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