CITIZENS INS. CO. v. LEMASTER

Docket No. 45122.

99 Mich. App. 325 (1980)

298 N.W.2d 19

CITIZENS INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA v. LEMASTER

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided August 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl D. Macpherson, III, for third-party plaintiff.

Barbier, Goulet, Petersmarck & McFarland, P.C. (by Daniel C. Symonds), for third-party defendant.

Before: BASHARA, P.J., and D.C. RILEY and E.A. QUINNELL, JJ.


D.C. RILEY, J.

We are asked here to decide whether actual receipt of a notice of cancellation by an insured is required to effectuate cancellation of an insurance contract.

The pertinent facts are essentially undisputed. Robert Lee Lemaster, third-party plaintiff, purchased a three-month automobile insurance policy on March 5, 1977. On March 28, 1977, third-party defendant Old Reliable Fire Insurance Company sent a notice of cancellation by certified...

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