· 3/9/1966
Dower v. Dower's Inc.
Citations
- 217 A.2d 437
- 100 R.I. 510
- 1966 R.I. LEXIS 469
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Following the rule that indemnity provisions must be strictly construed against the indemnitee, the courts in most of the states have refused to draw inferences from words of general import found in the apparently all-inclusive and catchall language of a general indemnity provision.”
- in which this Court reiterated that the strict construction rule prohibits it from “drawling] inferences from words of general import found in the apparently all-inclusive and catchall language of a general indemnity provision”
- discussing Railton v. Taylor, 38 A. 980, 982 (R.I. 1897)
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Judges: Roberts, Paolino, Joslin
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