Bothell v. National Casualty Co.

Citations

• 59 Wash. 209
• 109 P. 590
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1167

Syllabus

<p>Insurance — Accident Insurance — Policy—More Hazardous Occupations — Liability. Where a policy of accident insurance provides that, upon change by the insured to a more hazardous occupation, the company’s liability shall be only for such proportion of the indemnity as the premium paid would have purchased at the rate fixed by the company for the more perilous hazard, the policy automatically adjusts itself to the occupation of the insured; and where the agent, upon correct answers by the insured stating his occupation as that of a logger, incorrectly stated his occupation in the policy to be that of a logging contractor, recovery can only be had at the rate fixed for the actual and more hazardous occupation (Fullerton, J., dissenting).</p>