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GOV'T EMPLOYEES INSUR. v. DeJAMES

[No. 199, September Term, 1969.]

256 Md. 717 (1970)

261 A.2d 747

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY v. DeJAMES, ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 10, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur V. King for appellant.

David B. Lamb, with whom was George P. Lamb, Jr. on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and BARNES, McWILLIAMS, SINGLEY, SMITH and DIGGES, JJ.

SINGLEY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case, one of first impression in Maryland, poses the question of the meaning to be ascribed to the word "collapse" in a homeowner's insurance policy.

In early 1965, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. DeJames moved into a new house near Beltsville in Prince George's County which they had purchased from Maryland Community Developers, Inc. (the Builder). The house was insured under a homeowner's policy issued by Government...

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