Stratton v. Abington Mutual Fire Insurance

This is an action to collect damages under a homeowner’s insurance policy. The plaintiff has appealed from the judgment rendered for the named defendant,1 in accordance with the report of the attorney trial referee. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the trial court erred in sustaining the referee’s finding that the defendant had established its special defense that the insurance policy had been effectively cancelled by the defendant prior to the plaintiff’s loss.

The plaintiff asserts that the notice of cancellation clause in the insurance policy was ambiguous and, therefore, should have…