Legal Opinion
Betcher v. Capital Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 4, 1899No. Nos. 11,804—(111)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $500 on a fire insurance policy. The case was tried before Elliott, J., who directed a verdict in favor of defendant; and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This action was brought on a fire insurance policy on a stock of merchandise contained in a building known as “No. 246 Nicollet Avenue,” in the city of Minneapolis. The policy is what is known *242as the “Minnesota Standard Policy,” and contained the following provision:
“This policy shall be void * * * if without such consent [the written consent of the insurer] the situation or. circumstances affecting the risk shall, by or with the knowledge, advice, agency, or consent of the insured, be so altered as to cause an increase of such risks.”
The execution of the policy and the total destruction of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Johnson v. American InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
3Cited by11 opinions
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- Nathan v. St. Paul Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
- Board of Trustees of First Congregational Church v. Cream City Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1959
- Brooks Upholstering Co. v. Aetna Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1967
- Stutzman v. Cicero Mutual Fire InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
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