American Family Insurance Group v. Ford

This is an appeal from a judgment declaring that an automobile insurance policy issued by defendant-appellant Insurance Company (company) insuring plaintiff-appellee Dennis R. Ford (insured), was in effect on March 2, 1970, the date of a collision in which he was involved while driving the automobile described in the policy.

The only issue before the lower court at the trial was whether the policy had been cancelled (for non-payment of premium) prior to the date of the accident. 1 The trial court’s general findings for the insured-plaintiff implied the specific finding that the evidence failed…