Southern Indemnity Co. v. Young

Carlisle, Judge.

1. Insurance is a matter of contract, and where the terms of an insurance policy are plain and unambiguous the courts cannot extend or enlarge the contract by implication but must cany out the true intention of the parties. Fokes v. Interstate Life &c. Ins. Co., 59 Ga. App. 680, 681 (2 S. E. 2d 170). Under the foregoing rule, the courts will give effect to the terms of such a contract of insurance and enforce it according to its tenor, in the absence of some overriding provision of law or public policy requiring otherwise.

2. A city ordinance regulating taxicabs required a…