Bryan v. Traders' Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract upon a policy of insurance, in the form prescribed by the Pub. Sts. c. 119, § 139, against loss by fire, on a building in Brockton. Trial in the Superior Court, before Knowlton, J., who ordered a verdict for the plaintiff, and reported the case for the determination of this court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, C. J.
The policy in suit is of the standard form provided by our statute, and contains the provision that the policy shall be void if, without the written assent of the company, *390“the said property shall be sold.” After the policy was issued, the plaintiff, who is the assured, conveyed the building insured to one Mary Madigan, by a deed absolute in form, which was duly recorded. At the same time, and as a part of the same transaction, Madigan executed to the assured a bond, upon the condition that she would reconvey the property to him upon his indemnifying her against any damage by reason of her…
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