Northern Assurance Co. of London v. Crawford

KEY, Associate Justice.

This is a suit on a fire insurance policy. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant has appealed. The grounds of forfeiture were pleaded by the defendant, viz., keeping, using, and allowing gasoline in the house insured; and an increase of the hazard caused by using the house as a laundry, etc. ■

The clause in the policy prohibiting gasoline and other inflammable substances under penalty of forfeiture, is identical with the clause construed by this court in Insurance Company v. Green, 16 Texas Civil Appeals, 531, where it was held proper to admit proof of…