How have courts interpreted the interpretation of a fire insurance contract?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Act Oils Ltd. v. Pacific Petroleums Ltd., 1972 CanLII 215 (AB QB):
In Cie Francaise du Phenix v. Travelers Fire Insur. Co., 1952 CanLII 37 (SCC), [1952] 2 S.C.R. 190, [1952] I.L.R. 439, [1953] 1 D.L.R. 170, dealing with the interpretation of fire insurance contracts, Estey J. said at p. 221: "Moreover, the parties to a contract must be presumed to have attributed a meaning and purpose to its several parts which, when read together, constitute a complete consistent contract and, therefore, repugnancy should be, if reasonably possible, avoided."
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