Phillips v. Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance

The following statement of facts is taken from the brief of counsel for appellant:

“The defendant is a mutual fire insurance company. On the 17th day of January, 1916, the plaintiff took out a policy on some buildings in the amount of twenty-five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars. On the second of February, 1917, the buildings were burned. The loss was total.

“Defendant refused to pay the loss on the ground that plaintiff had violated the conditions of the policy by change of the title without consent of the company.

“The conditions of the policy contained this clause:

“ Tf the title to said property…