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COTTON STATES MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. TORRANCE

40653.

110 Ga. App. 4 (1964)

137 S.E.2d 551

COTTON STATES MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. TORRANCE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied June 26, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier, Cubbedge Snow, Jr., for plaintiff in error.

Adams, O'Neal, Steele, Thornton & Hemingway, John D. Hemingway, Richard B. Thornton, H. T. O'Neal, Jr., contra.

PANNELL, Judge.

1. Courts do not generally favor forfeitures and this rule is applicable to insurance contracts. Life Ins. Co. of Va. v. Williams, 48 Ga.App. 10, 13 (1) (172 SE 101); Prudential Ins. Co. v. Calloway, 54 Ga.App. 863 (189 SE 545); Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Benton, 56 Ga.App. 298 (192 SE 520); Aetna Ins. Co. v. Lipsitz, 130 Ga. 170, 175 (2) (60 SE 531, 14 AC 1070); 45 CJS 150, Insurance, § 473 (1). "While forfeitures...

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