New Orleans Insurance v. Gordon

Willie, Chief Justice.

H. O. Gordon brought this suit for the use of Theodore Keller against the appellant, to recover seven hundred dollars for the loss by fire of a store house insured by the latter; the policy having been assigned by Gordon to Keller after the fire occurred.

It seems that the policy was issued August 3, 1884, and contained among others the following provisions: “If the property be sold or transferred, or-any change take place in the title or possession (except by succession by reason of the death of the assured), whether by legal process or judicial decree or voluntary…