Ballard v. North American Life & Casualty Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that contractual terms that express the parties’ intent “should be given the usual, natural, and ordinary meaning.”
• absent ambiguity, courts are to interpret insurance policies according to the plain meaning of the language used
• fact may be proven by direct or circumstantial evidence

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