Becker v. Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance

Becker sued on a policy of fire insurance, which was defended by the company on the ground that the premises were vacant at the time of the burning, and the court below sustained the defence. The policy contained no clause suspending or destroying the policy for this cause, but more than a year after its issue a by-law was passed by the directors (to whom the power of making by-laws seems *611<to have been given) whereby a policy was made to cease on «twenty days’ vacancy of the building insured.

There was some dispute concerning notice of this by-law, as well as concerning the conduct of the…