Selph v. Hanover Fire Insurance Co. of New York

THOMAS, J.:

At the close of all the testimony introduced in the trial of the action of appellant against appellee to collect on an insurance policy the jury was instructed to return a verdict for the latter, the court having entertained the view that such a course was justified because at the time the policy issued (1) ownership of the insured property did not rest in the appellant, (2) liens against it were not accurately disclosed, and (3) .the purchase price was exaggerated.

We will attempt to reconstruct the transaction from our understanding of the evidence, stressing in the order we have…