Court Opinion

ID: 9668606
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 02:19:16.285869+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:15:46.430078
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*895NORTHCUTT, Justice
(concurring).
I concur in the opinion reversing and rendering this case. I am of the opinion the special attached endorsement No. 1721 (G 38) providing that the policy did not apply to injury caused intentionally by or at the direction of the insured would take precedence over any provision of the main policy contrary to such endorsement.
The trial court, in the findings of fact, found that in the suit by the customer against Newsom that the customer pleaded the assault in question was made by this plaintiff against the customer, intentionally and without justification or excuse. The customer, in the suit against Mr. Newsom, could not recover without showing Mr. Newsom committed some wrong toward him. Consequently, he pleaded Mr. New-som made an assault upon him intentionally and without justification or excuse. Under the endorsement above mentioned, the appellant had not insured the appellee against such incident. Since the policy in question stated it did not apply under certain conditions, and those conditions were relied upon by the customer for his recovery, that was the only way the customer could recover from Newsom. The appellant here was under no obligation to defend the suit.