Franklin Fire Insurance v. Cook's Administrator

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Sandidge—

Reversing.

O. M. Cook owned dwelling house No. 105, in Cedar Craig addition to the city of Hazard, Kentucky, and carried insurance on it to the amount of $2,000.00 with appellant, Franklin Fire Insurance Company. He died in testate and the property in question descended to his several children. After his death, upon the expiration of the insurance policy, it was renewed twice by appellant’s agent, who had full knowledge of the fact that the title of the property in question had descended to deceased’s children, in the name of G-. W. Cook,…