CARTER v. ALLSTATE INDEM. CO.

No. 07-CA-59402.

592 So.2d 66 (1991)

Robert A. CARTER d/b/a Possum Hollow and Metropolitan National Bank v. ALLSTATE INDEMNITY COMPANY and Their Agent, Ron Dossett.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Myers, Gordon Myers Frazier & Roberts, Pascagoula, for appellants.

Arthur F. Jernigan, Phelps & Dunbar, Jackson, for appellees.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and PRATHER and BANKS, JJ.


PRATHER, Justice, for the COURT:

I. INTRODUCTION

The critical issue addressed in this opinion is whether an insurer's mere mailing of a cancellation notice constitutes conclusive proof of actual receipt by the insured. The analysis in this opinion leads to the conclusion that, under relevant statutory law, production of a "certificate of mailing" is not conclusive proof of the insured's receipt of a cancellation notice; rather, the certificate simply...

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