Wiley v. London & Lancashire Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover the amount of a loss under a policy of fire insurance issued by the defendant, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Curtis, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $2,093, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
This action is brought upon a policy of fire insurance of the standard form.
Aside from one of the corrections of the finding asked for, the main question in the case is raised by the defendant’s special defense, which alleges that after the making of the contract, and before the fire, the plaintiff transferred by deed the subject of the insurance in violation of the provision of the policy reading: “The entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement endorsed hereon or added hereto, shall be void. . . if any change, other than by the death of an insured, take place in the interest,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Forward v. Continental InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Gould v. DaySupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Kyte v. Commercial Union Assurance Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Benanti v. Delaware InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
- New Orleans Insurance v. GordonTexas Supreme Court · 1887
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Burns v. BurnsMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
- McDermott v. McDermottSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
- Second National Bank of New Haven v. DyerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1936
- Murphy v. HanrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
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