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WACHOVIA BANK & T. CO. v. WESTCHESTER FIRE INS. CO.

No. 6910DC479.

170 S.E.2d 72 (1969)

6 N.C. App. 277

WACHOVIA BANK & TRUST COMPANY, Administrator, C.T.A. of the Estate of Herbert Gillespie Barnes, Deceased v. WESTCHESTER FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Certiorari Allowed December 9, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dupree, Weaver, Horton, Cockman & Alvis, by F. T. Dupree, Jr., and John E. Aldridge, Jr., Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Young, Moore & Henderson, by B. T. Henderson, II, and John C. B. Regan, III, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.

CAMPBELL, Judge.

This is a case of first impression in North Carolina.

Insurance policies should be given reasonable interpretation, and if they are not ambiguous, they should be construed according to their terms and the ordinary and plain meaning of their language. Williams v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., 269 N.C. 235, 152 S.E.2d 102 (1966); Williams v. Pyramid Life Insurance Co.,

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