Arkansas Fire Insurance v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Faulkner Circuit Court. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This suit was brought by appellees to recover on a fire insurance policy.
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Appeal from Faulkner Circuit Court. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This suit was brought by appellees to recover on a fire insurance policy. The defense was that, the policy was void because of a violation of a provision of the policy “that if the property be unoccupied for more than fifteen days, consecutively, the policy would be void, unless agreement therefor was indorsed on the policy;” also, because of a violation of the provision “that if the interest of the assured became other than the entire, unconditional, unincumbered and sole ownership, the policy should be void, unless agreement…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The propositions upon which appellant relies for a reversal are:
First. That the conditions of the policy were broken, and the policy thereby forfeited, and upon the undisputed facts the court should have directed a verdict for defendant.
Second. That the court erred in not declaring that the evidence showed a sale of the property by Wilson to Dunaway.
Third. That the court erred in not giving the sixth instruction asked by defendant.
Fourth. That the court erred in refusing to permit the defendant to introduce in evidence the judgments against Wilson.
Fifth.…
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