CAVIN'S INC. v. ATLANTIC MUT. INS. CO.

No. 7510DC488.

220 S.E.2d 403 (1975)

27 N.C. App. 698

CAVIN'S INC. v. ATLANTIC MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 17, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newsom, Graham, Strayhorn, Hedrick, Murray & Bryson by Josiah S. Murray, III, Durham, and Robert B. Glenn, Jr., Durham, for plaintiff-appellant.

Teague, Johnson, Patterson, Dilthey & Clay by Grady S. Patterson, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.


PARKER, Judge.

In the policy sued upon, defendant Insurance Company did not agree to "pay on behalf of the insured all sums which the insured shall become legally obligated to pay as damages, . . . arising out of. . . malicious prosecution." Had the policy read in that fashion, plaintiff would be entitled to prevail. Such an agreement, however, can be read into the policy only by ignoring the words omitted from the foregoing quoted portion of the policy and by ignoring...

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