Legal Opinion
Roach v. Soles
District Court, N.D. California
Decided February 8, 1954No. 6936PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LEMMON, Distinct Judge.
A complex problem of legal semantics, involving three apparently simple words, confronts the Court in the instant case.
The troublesome terms appear in a liability indemnity insurance policy. They occur in the definition of “premises”, which are described as “including *401buildings and structures thereon and the ways immediately adjoining”.
What are “ways” ?
How close is “immediately” ?
When are ways “adjoining” to premises?
1. The Pleadings.
On July 8, 1953, the plaintiff, appearing through his guardian ad litem, filed in the Superior Court of Stanislaus County, California, a…
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- Utilities Production Corporation v. Carter Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
- Long v. London & Lancashire Indemnity Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1941
- Charles Wolff Packing Co. v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1915
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Lendway v. MuseNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1964