Excelsior Foundry Co. v. Western Assurance Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Bay; Shepard, J. Assumpsit by the Excelsior Foundry Company against the Western Assurance Company on a policy of insurance. From a judgment for defendant on verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, C. J.
This is a suit to recover an insurance loss. The circuit judge directed a verdict in favor of defendant. The plaintiff brings the case here hy writ of error.
It is conceded that, if anything is due plaintiff, it is the sum of $8?0 and interest. The insurance policy contains, a provision that the policy shall be void “ if any change, other than by the death of an insured, take place in the interest, title, or possession of the subject of insurance,” etc. The sole question is whether, after the policy was obtained, there was such a change in the interest of the insured in the property at the…
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