· 4/16/1969
Goswick v. Employers Casualty Company
Citations
- 440 S.W.2d 287
- 12 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 338
- 1969 Tex. LEXIS 297
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that insured controlled rods and tubing in repairing oil well pumps, but not oil well
- “[W]e must presume that the objective of the insurance contract is to insure, and we should not construe the policy to defeat that objective unless the language requires it.”
- courts must presume that the objective of an insurance contract is to insure and should not construe a policy to defeat that objective unless the language requires it
- courts must presume that the objective of an insurance contract is to insure and should not construe a policy to defeat that objective unless the language requires it
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Judges: Reavley
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