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 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 952 pages
...with the right." Or, as stated in more familiar terms Ly May on Insurance (Sec. 175) : "No rule in the interpretation of a policy is more fully established...imperative and controlling than that which declares in all cases it must be liberally construed in favor of the insured, so as not to defeat, without a... | |
 | Samuel Owen - Law - 1854 - 398 pages
...the intent by the settled rules of interpretation, it is the duty of the Court to adopt. No rule, in the interpretation of a policy, is more fully established,...cases, it must be liberally construed in favor of the assured, so аз not to defeat without a plain necessity, his claim to the indemnity, which, in making... | |
 | John Duer, New York (State). Superior Court (New York) - Law reports, digests, etc - 1855 - 738 pages
...the intent by the settled rules of interpretation, it is the duty of the court to adopt. No rule, in the interpretation of a policy, is more fully established,...cases, it must be liberally construed in favor of the assured, so as not to defeat without a plain necessity, his claim to the indemnity, which, in making... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 712 pages
...an insurance policy must be expressed or so clearly implied that it cannot be misconstrued. Policies must be liberally construed in favor of the insured, so as not to defeat, without plain necessity, a claim for indemnity; and where there is a doubt or uncertainty in the terms of the... | |
 | Law - 1884 - 550 pages
...Norris, 400. To the same effect is Hoffman v. Etna Ins. Co., 32 NY 405, where it was held that no rule in the interpretation of a policy is more fully established,...plain necessity, his claim to the indemnity, which in making the insurance it was his object to secure. When the words are without violence susceptible... | |
 | Law - 1894 - 922 pages
...rule laid down by Mr. May, in his work on Insurance (3d ed.), section 175, is as follows: "No rule in the interpretation of a policy is more fully established...imperative and controlling than that which declares, in all cases, it must be liberally construed in favor of the insured, so as not to defeat, without... | |
 | Insurance law - 1876 - 972 pages
...that which gives the greater indemnity should prevail. May on Insurance, sec. 174. None of these rules is more fully established, or more imperative and controlling, than that which declares that it must be liberally construed in favor of the insured, so as not to defeat, without a plain necessity,... | |
 | Law - 1876 - 816 pages
...which gives the greater indemnity should prevail : May on Insurance, sect. 174. !Xone of these rules is more fully established or more imperative and controlling than that which declares that it must be liberally construed in favor of the insured, so as not to defeat, without* plain necessity,... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 1044 pages
...liberally in favor of the insured. A modern writer on insurance thus states the rule : " No rule, in the interpretation of a policy, is more fully established,...not to defeat without a plain necessity his claim to indemnity, which, in making the insurance, it was his object to secure." May on Insurance 182. Bearing... | |
 | West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 976 pages
...says: "No rule, in the interpretation of a policy, is more fully established, or OF WEST VIRGINIA. more imperative and controlling, than that which declares,...that in all cases it must be liberally construed in Mlller et <a. favor of the insured, so as not to defeat without a plain insurance Co. necessity his... | |
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