Smith v. West Branch Mutual Fire Insurance

Citations

• 31 Pa. Super. 29
• 1906 Pa. Super. LEXIS 146

Syllabus

<p>Insurance — Fire insurance — Additional insurance — Notice—Waiver.</p> <p>A provision in a policy of fire insurance that additional insurance will void the policy unless assented to by the company by indorsement on the policy, is not waived by evidence, that the insured several months after the policy had been delivered to him procured additional insurance, and thereafter informed the local agent of the company of this fact in a casual conversation on the street, but made no effort to secure an indorsement on the policy either from the company or the local agent, although the latter had power to make the indorsement.</p>