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WALKER v. GENERAL INSURANCE CO

20344.

214 Ga. 758 (1959)

107 S.E.2d 815

WALKER v. GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 6, 1959.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Kilpatrick, Cody, Rogers & McClatchey, Hoke Smith, E. R. Lambert, for plaintiff in error.

A Walton Nall, A. F. Jenkins, John T. McTier, contra.

HEAD, Justice.

1. A contract of fire insurance to be valid must be in writing. Code § 56-801. "As an assignment of an insurance policy with the assent of the company is a new contract of insurance between it and the assignee, it must, under the provisions of this section of the Code [now § 56-801] be in writing." St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. v. Brunswick Grocery Co., 113 Ga. 786, 790 (39 S. E. 483); Steele v. Gatlin,<...

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