Legal Opinion

Clay Fire & Marine Insurance v. Wusterhausen

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1874PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore D. Murphy, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield

This was covenant, by appellees against appellant, on a policy of insurance.

The policy contains this condition: “If any change takes place in the title or possession of the property, whether by sale, legal process, judicial decree, voluntary transfer, or conveyance, or the policy is assigned, without consent of the company indorsed hereon, or if the assured is not the sole and unconditional owner of the property insured, then, and in every such case, this policy shall be null and void.”

Appellant pleaded, among other pleas, “that after the making and delivery of said policy of insurance, set…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Taylor v. Southern Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1932
  2. Butler v. National Live Stock InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1916
  3. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. McKennaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1898
  4. Maginnis v. Hartford Fire InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1911
  5. Scottish National Insurance Co. of America v. AdamsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1905

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