Legal Opinion · Dissent

Blair Ex Rel. Snider v. Perry County Mutual Insurance Co.

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided November 4, 2003No. SC 85247Published

1Dissent

STEPHEN N. LIMBAUGH, JR., Judge,

dissenting.

I respectfully dissent.

In my view, the majority misconstrues what I perceive to be unambiguous terms for cancellation of the insurance policy. For convenience, those terms are restated:

We may cancel this policy or any of its parts by mailing or delivering to the named insured a written notice before the cancellation is to take effect. The notice must be given:

• Not less than 10 days before the cancellation is to take effect when the cancellation is based upon one or more of the following reasons:

a. Nonpayment of premium ...

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• Not less…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. August Prange & Bankers Trust Co. v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1932
  2. MFA Mutual Insurance Co. v. Southwest Baptist College, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1964
  3. Douthet v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1977
  4. Cain v. Robinson Lumber CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
  5. Malin v. Netherlands InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1920

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