This аppeal is brought before us from a declaratory judgment action by Jan Dykeman and her father, Jack Dykeman, against the appellees Southwest Casualty Insurance Company and Mission Insurance Company.
In May of 1965 Mr. Dykeman purchased two policies of automobile insurancе through Kaldenbaugh Insurance, Inc., agents of the appellees. The Southwest Casualty Insurance Company was the primary insurer, offering coverage for 1%o limits while the Mission Insurance Company was the excess insurer, affording B94so policy limits.
On January 31, 1966, Jan Dykeman while in the insured vehicle was involved in an accident which occurred in Mexico about twenty to twenty-five miles south оf Lulce-ville, Arizona, a United States port of entry. The Dykemans then brought this declaratory judgment action against the appellees claiming coverage under the insurance policiеs.
The coverage-afforded by the excess insurer, Mission Insurance Company, is the same coverage as that of the Southwest *433 Casualty Insurance Company’s policy. 1 The “Territory” clause of Southwest’s policy, reads as follows:
“VIII. Policy Period, Territory, Purposes of Use.
This policy applies only to accidents which occur and to direct and accidental losses to the automobile which are sustained during the policy period, while the automоbile is within the United States of America, its territories or possessions, or Canada, or is being transported between ports thereof and, if a ‘describеd automobile’ under insuring agreement IV, is owned, maintained and used for the purposes stated as applicable thereto in the declaration.” [Emphasis added]
The accident, as we noted, occurred 20 to 25 miles within the boundaries of Mexico, when Jan Dykeman was apparently rеturning from a pleasure trip at Rocky Point, Mexico. She had left the United States at the Lukeville рort of entry, and was returning to the Lukeville port of entry to return to the United States.
The appellants contend that these policies offer express coverage, stating the Dyke-man automobile was being transported between a port of entry; or if express coveragе is not applicable then the above territorial clause should be held to be ambiguous аnd construed against the insurers. We disagree with these contentions.
The phrase “transported bеtween ports” carries along with it the connation that the automobile be carried from one port to another port; between two different places. Golden Gate Sceniс S. S. Lines v. Public Utilities Commission,
“By usage, as well as by derivation, [transport] means to cаrry across.” McTyre v. United States,213 F.2d 65 , 66 (5th Cir. 1954)
See, Western Auto Transport v. City of Cheyenne,
The intention of the parties controls the construction and interpretation of insurance сontracts, Madrigal v. Industrial Commission,
It is
evident that the automobile insured by Jack Dykeman was not being transported between ports as that phrase is used in the insurance policies, and thus there is no liability upon the insurers for the acсident. An insurer may lawfully exclude certain risks from coverage and
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where the damage ocсurs under the circumstances as to which the policy excludes coverage, there is no coverage. Pacific Indemnity Company v. Kohlhase,
Since we hold that this provision denies cоverage to the appellants on both the primary and excess policies, we do not deem it necessary to consider the further contentions raised.
Judgment affirmed.
NOTE: Judge LAWRENCE HOWARD having requested that he be relieved from consideration of this matter, Judge WILLIAM C. FREY was сalled to sit in his stead and participate in the determination of this decision.
Notes
. Ia the Mission Insurance Company's policy it is stated:
“1. It is agreed that this policy, except as herein stated, is subject to all conditions, agreements and limitations of and shall follow the Primary Insurance named and indicated in item 3 of the declarations in all resxiects, * *