Sun Insurance v. Texarkana Foundry & Machine Works Co.
Sun Insurance v. Texarkana Foundry & Machine Works Co.
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
§ 320. Fire insurance; stipulation in as to future use of building; distinction between .representation and warranty in a contract; case siatecl. Appellee brought this suit upon a fire insurance policy issued by appellant, and recovered judgment for the amount of said policy and interest. In the policy of insurance the property insured was described as a “one-story, shingle-roof building, to be occupied as foundry and machine-shops.” Held, that said stipulation as to the future occupancy of the building is a luarranly that said building should be so occupied, and not a mere representation that it would be so
§ 321. Increase of risk; stipulation as to. Another stipulation in said policy provided that, “if the risk be increased bjr any means whatever,” the policy should be void. It appeared from the evidence that one Draughton, who was the president of appellee company, owned and operated a planing-mill situated near the insured property, but upon his own land, and that appellee company had no interest in or control of said planing-mill or premises; that, after the issuance of the policy of insurance to appellee, said Draughton changed a flue in his planing-mill, whereby the fire escaping from said mill greatly increased the risk upon the insured property, and in fact caused the destruction of said property. Held: The stipulation as to increased risk cannot be extended to cover risks created on the adjacent property of inde
Reversed and remanded.
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