COTTON STATES MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. SMELCER

A93A1967.

212 Ga. App. 376 (1994)

441 S.E.2d 788

COTTON STATES MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. SMELCER.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsiderations Denied March 11, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parkerson, Shelfer & Connell, William S. Shelfer, Jr., for appellant.

Cathey & Strain, Edward E. Strain III, M. Steven Campbell, McDonald & Cody, Douglas W. McDonald, Sr., P. Gerald Cody, Jr., Barnes, Browning, Tanksley & Casurella, Roy E. Barnes, for appellee.


BEASLEY, Presiding Judge.

The issue is whether land which contains a permanently affixed but abandoned structure is "vacant land" for the purposes of coverage under a homeowner's liability policy.

Smelcer owned a home that was insured under a homeowner's policy issued by Cotton States Mutual Insurance Company. He and other family members owned a separate parcel of land approximately two-and-one-fourth to three miles from his home on which was located his maternal...

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