Hurley v. Girard Fire & Marine Insurance

A policy of fire-insurance containing a clause tliat it shall be void if the interest of the insured in the subject of the insurance be not truly stated or if the interest of the insured be other than sole and unconditional ownership, or if the subject of insurance be a building on ground not owned by the insured in fee simple, or if any change take place in the interest, title or possession of the subject of insurance, was taken out by John Hurley, in his own name alone, on a house on premises which he represented to belong to him and to be on land owned by him in fee simple. At the time he…