 It is now well recognized as a general rule, that when a stipulation or an exception to a policy of insurance emanating from the insurers, is capable of two meanings, the one is to be adopted which is most favorable to the insured.  The York Legal Record - Page 1481884Full view - About this book
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1920 - 788 pages
...v. Insurance Co., 65 Mich. 545, Justice MORSE, speaking for the court, said: "When a stipulation or exception to a policy of insurance, emanating from...of two meanings, the one is to be adopted which is the most favorable to the insured. 1 May on Insurance, §§ 174, 175; 1 Wood on Insurance (2d Ed.),... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 824 pages
...to anything going to the remedy, but not to the right of recovery itself. 'A. When a stipulation or exception to a policy of insurance, emanating from...capable of two meanings, the one is to be adopted most favorable to the insured. May, Ins. §g 174, 175 ; Wood, Ins. (3d ed.) g§ 60, 63 ; Allen v. St.... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 802 pages
...settled in this State that where a stipulation or exception to a policy, emanating from the insurer, is capable of two meanings, the one is to be adopted which is the most favorable to the insured ; that it ought to be framed with such deliberate care that no form... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 628 pages
...could have avoided the difficulty by being more specific. (Vide Fowkes v. Insurance Co., 3 B. & S. 917.) The words in such case, said Mr. Justice BLACKBURN,...Insurance Co. v. Cropper, 8 Casey, 351 ; White v. Smith et a/., 9 Id. 186.) In case of doubt as to the meaning of terms emanating from an insurance company, they... | |
 | Law - 1884 - 542 pages
...fuwkfJi v. Insurance Company, $ 15. & >S., 917. The words in such case, said Mr. Justice BLACKHURN, ought to be construed in that sense in which, looking...favorable to the insured: May on Insurance, sections 172, 170; Wood on Insurance, sections 141-6; Allen v. Insurance Company, 85 NY, 473; Western Insurance Company... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 1156 pages
...general rule that, when a stipulation or exception to a policy of insurance emanating from the insurer is capable of two meanings, the one is to be adopted which is the most favorable to the insured; and, when underwriters have left their design doubtful by using... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 1000 pages
...at them, a prudent man would have under stood the words to mean. Fowkcs v. Ins. Co., 3 B. & S. 917. It is now well recognized as a general rule that when...adopted which is most favorable to the insured. May Ins., §§ 172-179 ; Wood Ins., §§ 141-146; Allen \. Ins. Co., 85 NY 473; Western Ins. Co. v. Cropper,... | |
 | Insurance law - 1887 - 1096 pages
...there is nothing in the present record to prevent a recovery by the plaintiff. When a stipulation or exception to a policy of insurance, emanating from...of two meanings, the one is to be adopted which is the most favorable to the assured : May, Ins., §§ 174, 175; Wood, Ins., 140, 147; Allen vs. Insurance... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 1012 pages
...there is nothing in the present record to prevent a recovery by the plaintiff. When a stipulation or exception to a policy of insurance emanating from...of two meanings, the one is to be adopted which is the most favorable to the insured: May on Insurance, sees. 174, 175; Wood on Insurance, 2d cd., sees.... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1889 - 878 pages
...that when a stipulation or exception on a policy of insurance is capable of two meanings, the one ie to be adopted which is most favorable to the insured : May on Ins. §§ 172-9 ; Wood on Ins. §§ 141-6; Allen >•. Iiu. Co. (1881), 85 NY 473 ; Weiten Int. О»,... | |
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