Walton v. Sterling Fire Insurance

Plaintiff seeks to recover under a renewal of a standard form of fire policy for the loss of household and personal property insured thereunder. Defendant’s predecessor, Wyoming Valley Fire Insurance Company, Warsaw, New York, insured plaintiff under a three-year policy commencing April 28, 1953. It is claimed by the plaintiff that on March 28, 1956 defendant, by its duly authorized agent, renewed the policy of insurance for a further period of three years upon the same terms and conditions as were contained in the earlier policy and that in reliance upon such renewal plaintiff paid…