Sterling Fire Insurance v. Beffrey
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant George G. Harper from a judgment of the district court of Ramsey county, Kerr, J., entered March 10, 1891. This action was to foreclose a mortgage made June 14, 1886, by Cyrille Beffrey and wife to Helen Bartlett, upon a house and lot in St. Paul, to secure the payment of $1,000 and interest. Beffrey and wife conveyed the property to Josiah Fairchild, September 11, 1886, subject to the mortgage, which he assumed and agreed to pay.
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Appeal by defendant George G. Harper from a judgment of the district court of Ramsey county, Kerr, J., entered March 10, 1891. This action was to foreclose a mortgage made June 14, 1886, by Cyrille Beffrey and wife to Helen Bartlett, upon a house and lot in St. Paul, to secure the payment of $1,000 and interest. Beffrey and wife conveyed the property to Josiah Fairchild, September 11, 1886, subject to the mortgage, which he assumed and agreed to pay. Fairchild conveyed it November 10, 1886, to the defendant Harper, subject to the mortgage, which he also assumed to pay. The plaintiff, the…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
By the terms of the mortgage it. was agreed that the buildings upon the premises should be kept insured for the benefit of the mortgagee, and this agreement was complied with; the policy issued by plaintiff insurance company containing the usual clause in such cases, that the amount of the loss, if any, should be paid to the mortgagee to the extent of her interest. It was also stipulated that, unless written consent was indorsed upon the policy, it should become void upon a sale, transfer, or conveyance of the property by the insured mortgagor. There were further stipulations and conditions…
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