Bell v. American Insurance Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
•' '-'Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Douglas county: Solon L. Perrin, Judge. " Action to recover damages on ..an insurance policy insuring plaintiff against' damage to his automobile by being .in ■'accidental collision with any other automobile,,-vehicle, or ■■ object'.-' ©n the 14th -day of September, 1919, plaintiff was -driving his automobile down-T-wenty-first street in the city ' of Superior-.- - He turned on Logan- avenue with the intention ■'■óf-…
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•' '-'Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Douglas county: Solon L. Perrin, Judge. " Action to recover damages on ..an insurance policy insuring plaintiff against' damage to his automobile by being .in ■'accidental collision with any other automobile,,-vehicle, or ■■ object'.-' ©n the 14th -day of September, 1919, plaintiff was -driving his automobile down-T-wenty-first street in the city ' of Superior-.- - He turned on Logan- avenue with the intention ■'■óf- bác-ki-ng-out and turning around.- - He had crossed the crosswalk -by '-six- of eight-feet,- practically-stopped his .car,…
1Opinion of the CourtOwen, J.
The policy insures plaintiff against damage resulting to his automobile “by being in accidental collision during the period insured with any other automobile, vehicle, or object.” Judgment was rendered in the lower court on the theory that the forcible contact of the automobile with the street upon the occasion of the upset constituted a collision within the meaning of the policy provision referred to. The appellant contends that the contact resulting from the upset is not a collision within the meaning of the terms of the policy, and that is the sole question before us.
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