Case Name: Life Insurance Company of Virginia v. Proctor
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1916-09-15
Citations: 18 Ga. App. 517
Docket Number: 6904
Parties: Life Insurance Company of Virginia v. Proctor.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 517–517

Head Matter:
6904.
Life Insurance Company of Virginia v. Proctor.
Decided September 15, 1916.
Action on life-insurance policy; from municipal court of Macon —Judge Chambers. August 14, 1915.
William E. Martin Jr., for plaintiff in error.
J. A. Monsees, J. G. Estes, contra.

Opinion:
Wade, C. J.
1. "When a plaintiff's right to recover on a contract depends on a condition precedent, to be performed by him, he must allege and prove the performance of such condition precedent, or allege a sufficient legal excuse for its non-performance." Griswold v. Scott, 13 Ga. 210 (2). See also 13 Cyc. 107, 108.
2. The court erred in overruling the demurrer to the petition as amended, since the plaintiff failed to allege payment of premiums on the policy of insurance, which payment was a condition precedent to a recovery on the contract. The remaining proceedings were therefore nugatory.
Judgment reversed.