National Union Fire Ins. v. Short

KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.

This writ is brought to review a judgment in favor of defendants in error on- a policy of fire insurance issued by plaintiff in error upon a building situated in Kentucky. The salient facts are these:

On March 15, 1924, while defendant in error Nannie Short and her husband, I. W. Short, owned in fee the building in question, they mortgaged it to the defendant in error Mortgage & Discount Company. Later, on November 8, 1924, the husband conveyed to his wife his one-half interest in the property, subject to the mortgage. Still later, Nannie Short took out in her own name…