Dodd v. Jones

The defendant sold a house to the plaintiff, and agreed to assign to her a policy of insurance which he held upon it. He did not assign it, although several times requested by the plaintiff, but promised to do so, and gave some excuse for not having done it. The plaintiff procured no insurance upon the house. Nearly six months after the conveyance of the house to the plaintiff, and about three weeks after the last demand upon the defendant for an assignment, the house was injured by fire.

The plaintiff declares in contract upon the agreement to assign the policy, alleging that it became void…