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Preferred Insurance Company v. Bentley

Supreme Court of Georgia
Oct 20, 1967
157 S.E.2d 737 (Ga. 1967)

Opinion

24336.

ARGUED OCTOBER 10, 1967.

DECIDED OCTOBER 20, 1967. REHEARING DENIED NOVEMBER 9, 1967.

Equitable petition. Fulton Superior Court. Before Judge McKenzie.

Vandiver, Barwick Bentley, John E. Talmadge, Edward J. Stoddard, M. Cook Barwick, for appellant.

Hatcher, Meyerson, Oxford Irvin, Henry M. Hatcher, Jr., Poole, Pearce Cooper, Walter G. Cooper, Kilpatrick, Cody, Rogers, McClatchey Regenstein, W. G. Vance, Claude M. Hicks, A. R. Barksdale, Coy Johnson, for appellees.


We must affirm the trial court's judgment that the deposits made with this state by a Michigan insurance company, now in receivership, be held for the benefit of all Georgia claimants, and the balance of such deposits, if any, after all such claims have been liquidated, be paid to the domiciliary receiver.

The only provision in Georgia law for transferring deposits made with this state by a foreign insurance company to the domiciliary receiver of the company is in the Uniform Insurers Liquidation Act (Ga. L. 1960, pp. 289, 509 et seq., Ch. 56-14; Code Ann. Ch. 56-14), and there was no evidence that Michigan is a reciprocal state and therefore entitled to the benefit of that Act. Furthermore, there was no evidence that the deposits were of the types required to be administered under Ga. L. 1960, pp. 289, 493, Ch. 56-11 ( Code Ann. Ch. 56-11), rather than under Ga. L. 1960, pp. 289, 318 ( Code Ann. § 56-310) or under general equitable principles.

Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.

ARGUED OCTOBER 10, 1967 — DECIDED OCTOBER 20, 1967 — REHEARING DENIED NOVEMBER 9, 1967.


Summaries of

Preferred Insurance Company v. Bentley

Supreme Court of Georgia
Oct 20, 1967
157 S.E.2d 737 (Ga. 1967)
Case details for

Preferred Insurance Company v. Bentley

Case Details

Full title:PREFERRED INSURANCE COMPANY v. BENTLEY, Commissioner, et al

Court:Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Oct 20, 1967

Citations

157 S.E.2d 737 (Ga. 1967)
157 S.E.2d 737

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