New Jersey Ins. Co. v. Ball

The subsequent insurer was not made a party to the original action. The condition in the policy of the New Jersey Company, the first insurer, provided that its insurance should be null and void, in case of loss, if there were “any other insurance covering against the risks assumed by this policy which would attach if this insurance had not been effected. ’ ’ While the trial court thought that there was some ambiguity in this clause, we are unable to come to that conclusion. The language is quite plain. This contract stipulation clearly voided the policy if at the time of loss there was other…