Ray v. Hospital Care Ass'n
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtEnviN, J.
The appeal presents this single question: Did the contract between the plaintiff and the defendant obligate the defendant to make payments for hospital and medical care received by the plaintiff's wife subsequent to the reinstatement o'f the certificate for conditions that existed prior to the date of the application for reinstatement ?
This rule is well settled: Where a contract of insurance does not contravene public policy or positive law and the language employed in it is plain and unambiguous, the court must construe and enforce the contract as it is written, regardless of whether such…
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- McCain v. Hartford Live Stock InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
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