Clymer Opera Co. v. Birmingham Fire Insurance

Citations

• 50 Pa. Super. 639
• 1912 Pa. Super. LEXIS 113

Syllabus

<p>Insurance — Fire insurance — Sole ownership — Covenants—Waiver— Estoppel.</p> <p>When a policy of fire insurance is issued without a written application, and the agent authorized by the company to write the policy, knows that the covenant as to “unconditional and sole ownership” in the insured, is inconsistent with the facts, and that the insured has been guilty of no fraud or misrepresentation, the company is estopped from setting up the breach of the covenant.</p>