Citizens Insurance Co. of America v. Lemaster

99 Mich. App. 325 (1980)

298 N.W.2d 19

CITIZENS INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

v.

LEMASTER

Docket No. 45122.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided August 11, 1980.

Carl D. Macpherson, III, for third-party plaintiff.

Barbier, Goulet, Petersmarck & McFarland, P.C. (by Daniel C. Symonds), for third-party defendant.

Before: BASHARA, P.J., and D.C. RILEY and E.A. QUINNELL,[*] JJ.

D.C. RILEY, J.

We are asked here to decide whether actual receipt of a notice of cancellation by an insured is required to effectuate cancellation of an insurance contract.

The pertinent facts are essentially undisputed. Robert Lee…