Kennedy v. Mennonite Mutual Fire Insurance

Citations

• 96 Kan. 598
• 152 P. 639
• 1915 Kan. LEXIS 443

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Fire Insurance — Unsigned Application — Unauthorized Concurrent Insurance — When Contract Not Enforceable. Assuming that circumstances existed making a provision of a fire insurance policy concerning concurrent insurance ineffective unless the application was signed by the insured, and that the policy was issued without his knowledge, upon an application to which his name was affixed without authority, after a loss had occurred he could not enforce the contract of insurance without at the same time adopting the signature made in his behalf, and thereby giving effect to .the provision referred to.</p>