Legal Opinion

Canal Insurance v. Baldree

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 20, 1974No. 73-3017PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

This appeal raises the sole question whether the trial court erred in not ruling as a matter of law that the geographical limitation of use endorsement in an Insurer’s1 automobile policy excluded coverage for the occurrence in question. The trial court, declining counter motions for summary judgment because of a supposed ambiguity conflict, submitted the issue of coverage to a jury for a factual determination which impliedly held coverage existed. Whatever doubts we might have — and they are considerable — that this was a case for jury assessment, especially on a…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Ford Motor Company v. Marvin R. MathisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
  2. Henjes v. Aetna Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
  3. Freeman v. MartinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
  4. Travelers Protective Assn. of America v. PrinsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  5. Fidelity-Phenix Insurance v. MauldinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Canal Insurance Company v. James C. Baldree, No. 73-3017 Summary Calendar. Rule 18, 5 Cir. See Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Company of New York, 5 Cir., 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part ICourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974

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