· 5/27/1889
Hoag v. Prime
Citations
- 5 N.Y.S. 502
- 1 Silv. Sup. 515
- 24 N.Y. St. Rep. 476
- 52 Hun 615
- 1889 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2481
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- “The rules governing policy interpretation require us to look first to the language of the contract in order to ascertain its plain meaning or the meaning a layperson would ordinarily attach to it.”
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