Lawrence v. National Fire Insurance

127 Mass. 557
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court·Decided July 1, 1879·Published·Cited by 4 cases

Opinion

By the Court.

The plaintiff being engaged in the unlawful business of selling intoxicating liquors without a license at the time of the making and acceptance of the policy and for a month afterwards, the policy never attached. The case cannot be distinguished from that of Johnson v. Union Ins. Co., supra. Judgment on the verdict.

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