New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Walworth Co.

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• “contract will not be construed as indemnifying one against his own negligence or that of his employees unless express language unequivocally so requires”
• “Contracts of indemnity are to be fairly and reasonably construed in order to ascertain the intention of the parties and to effectuate the purposes sought to be accomplished.”
• “Contracts of indemnity are to be fairly and reasonably construed in order to ascertain the intention of the parties and to effectuate the purpose sought to be accomplished.” (quoting Century Indem. Co. v. Bloom, 325 Mass. 52, 88 N.E.2d 906, 908 (1949)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).