Home Mutual Fire Insurance v. Hauslein
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John G. Bogebs, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thobnton
The effect upon the policy, caused by the alienation of the property insured, is the only question argued.
One of 'the conditions of the insurance, made a part of the policy, was that, “in case of any sale, transfer or change of title in the property insured by the company, the insurance shall be void and cease.”
The title of the assured to the property, at the date of the policy, is not questioned; and the assignment to Seibert, the mortgagee, was made with the assent of the company.
After the execution and delivery of the policy and the making of the assignment, the assured sold and conveyed…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Stetson v. Massachusetts Mutual Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
- Power v. Ocean InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1841
- Dix v. Mercantile InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
- Lane v. Maine Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1835
- Illinois Mutual Fire Insurance v. FixIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
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