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McALLISTER v. CENTURY INDEMNITY CO. OF HARTFORD

12 N.J. 395 (1953)

97 A.2d 160

JOHN L. McALLISTER, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. THE CENTURY INDEMNITY COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CONN., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 1, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Morris Spritzer argued the cause for the appellant (Mr. John A. Lynch, attorney).

Mr. Paul C. Kemeny argued the cause for the respondent.

PER CURIAM.

The judgment is affirmed for the reasons expressed in the opinion of Judge Bigelow in the court below.

WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, JR., J. (dissenting).

It is unfortunate that respondent has pinned his hopes upon an insurance contract which appellant itself acknowledges is characterized by "intricacy of composition, complexity of paragraph cross-reference, excessive verbiage and iteration, unhappy selection of a word to describe more than one thing...

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