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· 1/8/1898

St. Jean v. Boston & Maine Railroad

Citations

  • 170 Mass. 213
  • 48 N.E. 1088
  • 1898 Mass. LEXIS 183

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding the insurance policy provision at issue was not a cooperation clause but instead a provision requiring the insured to immediately inform the insurer that a lawsuit had been filed
  • “As a general rule, there can be no waiver of an insured’s noncompliance with such a provision where the insurer does not have knowledge of all the material facts.”
  • “As a general rule, there can be no waiver of an insured’s noncompliance with such a provision where the insurer does not have knowledge of all the material facts.”

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Judges: Barker

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