Case Name: Southern States Fire Insurance Co. v. Tabor et al.
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1914-01-20
Citations: 14 Ga. App. 193
Docket Number: 5254
Parties: Southern States Fire Insurance Co. v. Tabor et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 193–193

Head Matter:
5254.
Southern States Fire Insurance Co. v. Tabor et al.
Decided January 20, 1914.
Action on insurance policy; from city court of Elberton — Judge Grogan. August 30, 1913.
H. M. Bylee, for plaintiff in error.
Worley & Nall, contra.

Opinion:
Pottle, J.
The evidence did not authorize a finding that the agent of the insurance company who issued the policy was also agent for the insured, so as to invalidate the contract. The policy having been duly issued and delivered, the failure of the agent to comply with the instructions of his principal, which were not communicated to the insured, to attach to the policy a "rider," the effect of which would have been to cancel the policy, could not operate to the prejudice of the insured. The sums found as attorney's fees and damages having been written off by the plaintiff, the verdict as thus reduced was demanded by the evidence, and there was no error in overruling the motion for a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.