Watertown Fire Insurance v. Cherry

Citations

• 84 Va. 72
• 3 S.E. 876
• 1887 Va. LEXIS 9

Syllabus

<p>1. Insurance—Rules of Construction.—Such contracts must be construed as other contracts. The exceptions must be construed most strongly against those for whose benefit they are inserted. The courts must maintain and enforce them as they are made. Accident Association v. Newman, ante, p. —.</p> <p>2. Idem—Conditions—Premises vacated—Case at bar.—Policy contained conditions to be void, if the premises became vacant; if the property became incumbered; if the policy be assigned; or if the title of insured be less than fee simple, unless the written consent of the company be endorsed. The conditions were broken. No consent was endorsed:</p> <p>Heed:</p> <p>The policy was avoided, whether the breaches were wilful and substantial or not.</p>