Beddall v. Citizens Insurance

Citations

• 28 Pa. Super. 600
• 1905 Pa. Super. LEXIS 252

Syllabus

<p>Insurance — Pire insurance — Sole ownership — Agent—Waiver.</p> <p>Where a policy of fire insurance provides that the contract of insurance shall be void “if the subject of insurance be a building upon ground not owned by the insured in fee simple,” the policy is void if it appears that the building was on land leased by the insured. If such policy also' contains a provision that no agent shall have power to waive any provision of the policy except in writing indorsed on the policy, the condition as to ownership of the land cannot be waived except in the manner stated.</p>