Norton v. Home Insurance Company

POMEROY, Justice.

Defendant’s appeal from a judgment awarding damages to the plaintiff brings before us again the knotty issue of the effectiveness of a time limitation clause within which suit must be brought on an insurance policy. Hubert v. National Casualty Company, 154 Me. 94, 144 A.2d 119 (1958); Dolbier v. Agricultural Ins. Co., 67 Me. 180 (1877).

We deny the appeal.

The parties have stipulated the factual framework in which the problem arises.

Plaintiff, a Maine resident, purchased and received an insurance policy issued by the defendant on October 28, 1968.

The defendant is a New York…