Legal Opinion
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company v. Dewey Swilley
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 22, 1962No. 19321_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
The question for decision is whether a policy of automobile liability insurance was properly cancelled when the insurer, in mailing the notice of cancellation to the insured, omitted the insured’s county of residence from his otherwise complete mailing address.
Dewey Swilley and his sons, Ronald and Ricky, were driving through Bon Weir, Texas, December, 22, 1959, when the automobile in which they were driving was struck from behind by an auto mobile owned by J. W. Hughes and driven by J. D. Jones. Swilley and his sons were severely injured. They sued Hughes and Jones in…
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- Duff v. Secured Fire & Marine Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1949
- Woodard v. Calvert Fire Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1951
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- Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin v. Sears, Roebuck and CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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- Federal Building & Sales Co. v. Commercial Standard Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1964
- Baughman v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1981
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