· 3/15/1951
Insurance Co. Of North America v. Newtowne Mfg. Co. Insurance Co. Of North America v. Holland Transp. Co., Inc
Citations
- 187 F.2d 675
- 1951 U.S. App. LEXIS 3809
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that policy provision ought be construed “most strongly” against the insurance company
- “Hopper . . . seems perhaps out of line with the other cases . . .”
- \Hopper . . . seems perhaps out of line with the other cases . . . .\
- “The [insurer] by reason of its unequivocal and never retracted disavowal of liability on the merits, disbarred itself from setting up such breach of condition as a defense to liability on the policy.”
- affirmative act, not mere non-feasance, required
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Judges: Magruder, Woodbury, Clifford
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