Barwick ex rel. Lager v. Westchester Fire Insurance Co. of New York

John Barwick, the vendee in a contract for the sale of a farm in Williamson county, owned1 by Mrs. A. P. Lager, on April 21,1925, took out a policy of insurance, in his own name, on the dwelling house upon such land, in the sum of $1,500, with the Westchester Fire Insurance Company, appellant herein. The policy was procured and paid for by Barwick. On June 19, 1925, the amount of the risk was reduced to $1,250, evidenced by a rider attached to the policy. Mrs. Lager is not referred to in the body of the policy; however, in a rider attached thereto, appeared the following: “Notice is received…