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constructive acceptance of abandonment

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From 76 U.S. 461 - Copelin v. Insurance Co. · 1869Most cited · 44 citing opinions

an offered abandonment may be accepted, even when the assured has no right to abandon, and, if accepted, it must be with its consequences. And an acceptance need not be expressly made. It may even be refused, and yet the insurers, by their conduct, may make themselves liable as for a total loss