Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1860

Wetherell v. City Fire Insurance

Wetherell v. City Fire Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 15, 1860 · Chapman
82 Mass. 276
Wetherell v. City Fire Insurance

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Opinion of the Court

Chapman, J.

The occupation of the buildings insured, one for a sailmaker’s shop and the other for selling confectionery, was directly contrary to .the terms of the policy, and rendered it void. Lee v. Howard Fire Ins. Co. 3 Gray, 583. Macomber v. Howard Fire Ins. Co. 7 Gray, 257.

Judgment for the defendants.

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