ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO. v. SHELBY MUTUAL INS. CO.

No. 700.

152 S.E.2d 436 (1967)

269 N.C. 341

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY v. SHELBY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Concord Motors, Inc., Ruby Cleo Widenhouse, Ray W. Widenhouse and David Elroy Clontz and R. B. Clontz.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter, Greensboro, for plaintiff Allstate Ins. Co.

Jordan, Wright, Henson & Nichols, by Charles E. Nichols and Edward Murrelle, Greensboro, for defendants Shelby Mutual Ins. Co. and Concord Motors, Inc.


LAKE, Justice.

The nature and extent of the liability of an automobile liability insurance company depends upon the proper construction of the terms of its policy. The policy is a contract between the parties thereto and must be construed so as to carry out their intent, except insofar as a statute or an authorized administrative regulation or order requires a different construction. Rodman, J., speaking for the Court in Muncie v. Insurance Co., 253...

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