Hook v. Mutual Insurance Co. of Berks Co.

Citations

• 160 Pa. 229
• 28 A. 690
• 1894 Pa. LEXIS 798

Syllabus

<p>Insurance — Additional insurance — Waiver—Estoppel—Evidence.</p> <p>Where a policy of fire insurance provided that the contract should be rendered void if additional insurance was placed upon the property without the consent of the company, evidence that the treasurer of the company, who was also a director, had knowledge of the additional insurance, and that thereafter the company accepted payment of an assessment from the insured, is insufficient to charge the company with a waiver of the forfeiture’, or with an estoppel, where it does not appear that the treasurer was a general agent of the company, or was authorized to receive notice of additional insurance or waive compliance with the provisions of the policy in relation thereto, or that he even undertook to do either.</p>