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MORRIS v. GOV. EMPLOYEES INS. CO.

77 Misc.2d 1057 (1974)

John Morris et al., Plaintiffs, v. Government Employees Insurance Company et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Trial Term, Nassau County.

March 20, 1974

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kruman & Zito for plaintiffs. Mendes & Mount (John F. Larkin of counsel), for Metropolitan Savings Bank, defendant. Montfort, Healey, McGuire & Salley (Richard Hartig of counsel), for Government Employees Insurance Company, defendant.

BEATRICE S. BURSTEIN, J.

This case involves the application of a clear and unambiguous statute to a notice canceling a policy of fire insurance. Neither Blackstone's Commentaries nor learned treatises on canons of construction suggest the guidelines. We turn, instead, to Alice's timeless inquiry: "the question is whether you can make words mean so many different things." (Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking Glass, IV".) The answer, which the relevant...

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