ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. STEPHENS

53061, 53062.

140 Ga. App. 720 (1976)

231 S.E.2d 470

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY v. STEPHENS (two cases).

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 12, 1976.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, J. Kenneth Moorman, Michael T. Bennett, for appellant.

Kirby G. Bailey, for appellee.


CLARK, Judge.

Where a fire insurance policy requires that suit thereon be commenced within twelve months of the loss and the last day of that period is a Sunday, may suit be instituted on the following day, Monday? This is the single question presented as a case of first impression in these two appeals.

Plaintiff-appellee's insured house was destroyed by fire on December 1, 1974. On Monday, December 1, 1975 he sued appellant insurance company for the face...

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