Hartford Fire Insurance v. Webster

The policy upon which this suit is brought contains this, among other conditions :

“If the premises hereby insured become vacated, by the removal of the owner or occupant, for a period of more than thirty days, without immediate notice to the company and consent indorsed hereon, ****** £hen a^ jn every such case this policy shall be void.”

The evidence shows that the property insured, a dwelling house, was vacated on the 12th day of January, and thereafter remained unoccupied until it was destroyed by fire, on the 13th day of the ensuing February. There is no evidence that notice of this fact…