Lachs v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.

In Alice’s Wonderland, a word, said Humpty Dumpty, “ means just what I choose it to mean ”. But, in a jurisdiction more mundane, I do not perceive how we may say that the word “ scheduled ” can mean ‘ ‘ non-scheduled,” nor do I see how we may tell a jury that it can "say that an insurance policy which in express terms applies “ only ” to “ scheduled airlines ” can cover flights by an airline listed and self-described as “ non-scheduled ”.

Mrs. Sadie Bernstein had made arrangements through a travel agency in New York City to fly to Miami, Florida. At about 8:00 a.m. of December 16, 1951, just…