Clark v. Aetna Insurance

Two defences against liability are claimed. One is that the acceptance of the assignment of one of the policies and the issuance of the other were obtained by fraud. The other is that the plaintiff had no insurable interest in the property.

Soon after the plaintiff’s husband bought the property, of which the buildings insured were a part, he conveyed it to her. It was agreed that he was to have sole charge an,d responsibility for it, her only interest being to share equally in the profits realized on any sale he might make.

When he conveyed to her, he wrote the insurers’ agent requesting that…