Milwaukee Mechanics' Insurance v. Niewedde
Indiana Court of Appeals
From the Jackson Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Gavin, J. —
Appellee sued appellant upon a policy of insurance on a stock of goods destroyed by fire.
By the special finding it appears that the policy contained this stipulation: “This entire policy, unless *146otherwise provided by agreement indorsed hereon or added hereto, shall be void if the subject of insurance be personal property and be or become incumbered by a chattel mortgage.”
During the life of the policy the appellee placed a chattel mortgage on the stock to secure a preexisting debt of $528, which mortgage was duly recorded several weeks before the loss. It is also found by the court…
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