COMMERCE NAT. BK., LAKE WORTH v. SAFECO INS. CO. OF AM.

No. 70-360.

252 So.2d 248 (1971)

COMMERCE NATIONAL BANK IN LAKE WORTH, Appellant, v. SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Washington Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Law, Jr., of Ryan, Taylor, Booker & Law, North Palm Beach, for appellant.

John R. Beranek, of Jones, Paine & Foster, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

CROSS and OWEN, JJ., concur.

MAGER, J., dissents, with opinion.

MAGER, Judge (dissenting):

With all due regard to my esteemed colleagues I must respectfully dissent. It is my humble opinion that the majority has overlooked certain basic principles applicable to the construction of contracts of insurance the most significant of which is that such contracts must be construed liberally in favor of the insured and...

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