Royal Exchange Assurance of London, England, Inc. v. Collins

Opinion op the -Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing..

Marion Collins, the husband of the appellee, Mollie-Collins, owned a house and lot located on Greenup avenue in Ashland, Ky. In February, 1925, he took out a policy of insurance on the furniture in the house with appellant company for $2,000. Thereafter he was convicted in the federal -court of a violation of the prohibition law, and sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga. He conveyed the house and lot to his brother-in-law, and gave the furniture to his wife.

On June 5, 1925, appellant, through its local…