Zepponi v. Home Insurance

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding as a matter of law that where the insured's mortgagee required insurance and had possession of the subject insurance policy, the insured is charged with knowledge of the terms of the policy because he relied on the policy for protection
• holding as a matter of law that where the insured’s mortgagee required insurance and had possession of the subject insurance policy, the insured is charged with knowledge of the terms of the policy because he relied on the policy for protection
• mortgagor charged with knowledge of provision in insurance policy held by mortgagee for substantial period of time
• clause in a fire insurance contract prohibiting other insurance is a reasonable provision designed to prevent fraud or carelessness and violation of the provision avoids the policy.
• mortgagor charged with knowledge of provision in insurance policy held by mortgagee for substantial period of time

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).