Legal Opinion
Breed v. Insurance Co. of North America
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 27, 1978PublishedCited by 600 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Cooke, J.
The basic issue here is whether an insurance policy, which excludes from its coverage theft "of property * * * by any tenant of the described premises”, is clear and unambiguous.
Defendant insurer, through an agent related to plaintiffs, issued to the latter a homeowners policy for a continuous period commencing October 11, 1972. It contained section one relating to "Dwelling and Personal Property”, section two in respect to "Comprehensive Personal Liability”, a number of *353provisos applicable to the entire policy, a face sheet and three endorsement pages. Part I of…
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