New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. Russell

Felton, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff in error contends that the defendant in error was put on notice of cancellation of his insurance by Mrs. Dozier’s several verbal offers to refund the unearned premium, by the written notice to the defendant in error’s lawyer, and by the filing of its defensive pleadings, even if the original alleged written notice was invalid. The policy’s sole provision whereby the insurer might cancel it is for written notice to the insured. The judgment of the lower court adjudicating this issue in favor of the plaintiff was not final when the defendant filed its defensive…