Legal Opinion · Dissent
Houran v. Ætna Insurance
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 19, 1914No. Docket No. 50Published
Error to Genesee; Wisner, J. Assumpsit by Mary M. Houran against the ¿Etna Insurance Company on a policy of fire insurance. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1DissentOstrander, J.
The policy in question, like all Michigan standard policies, contains the following:
“This entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement indorsed hereon or added hereto, shall be void * * * if the interest of the insured be other than unconditional and sole ownership; or if the subject of insurance be a building on ground not owned by the insured in fee simple; * * * or if any change, other than by the death of an insured, take place in the interest, title or possession of the subject of insurance, * * * whether by legal process or judgment or by voluntary act of the insured, or…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wierengo v. American Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1894
- Graham v. . Fireman's Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Wyandotte Brewing Co. v. Hartford Fire-InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1906
- Gourlay v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaMichigan Supreme Court · 1914