Shelby County Trust & Banking Co. v. Security Ins. Co. of New Haven

HICKENLOOPER, Circuit Judge.

The present controversy arises under a policy of fire insurance issued by the appellee upon a vacant warehouse, the property of the Consolidated Realty Company. This policy contained the provision that it “shall be cancelled at any time at the request of the insured; or by the company by giving five days’ notice of such cancellation.” It also provided: “This entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement endorsed hereon or added hereto, shall be void * * * if the hazard be increased by any means within the control or knowledge of the insured.” To the policy…