Greenwich Insurance v. Sabotnick

Simmons, Justice.

Sabotnick sued the Greenwich Insurance Company upon a policy of fire insurance, and a verdict was rendered in his favor. The defendant’s motion for a new trial was overruled, and it excepted. One of the defences set up by the insurance company was, that the policy had been rendered void by the plaintiff’s taking additional insurance without the company’s consent. The policy contained a stipulation that, unless otherwise provided by agreement indorsed upon or annexed to it, it should be void if the insured had or should thereafter procure another contract of insurance, whether…