Marcello v. Concordia Fire Insurance

Citations

• 234 Pa. 31
• 82 A. 1090
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 607

Syllabus

<p>Insurance — Fire insurance — Change of ownership or possession — Receiver in bankruptcy.</p> <p>Where a policy of fire insurance provides that the policy shall be void “if any change, other than by the death of an insured, take place in the interest, title or possession of the subject of insurance (except change of occupants without increase of hazard) whether by legal process or judgment, or by voluntary act of the insured, or otherwise,” the policy is not rendered void by the fact that a receiver in involuntary. bankruptcy of the assured takes custody of the premises, places a watchman in charge of them, takes out insurance in his own name, and advertises the personal property for sale, the insured being permitted to continue his residence in a dwelling on the property.</p>