Hosford v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company/Opinion of the Court

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802457Hosford v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company — Opinion of the CourtHorace Gray

United States Supreme Court

127 U.S. 404

Hosford  v.  Hartford Fire Insurance Company


In this case I am instructed by the majority of the court to announce its opinion that the warranty concerning incumbrances includes only incumbrances created by the act or with the consent of the assured, and not those created by the law; and therefore the policy was not avoided by the omission to disclose the fact that 'delinquent taxes' on the premises for previous years were due and unpaid, although by the statutes of Nebraska taxes are made a lien on the real estate taxed. Judgment reversed, and case remanded to the circuit court, with directions to render judgment for the plaintiffs upon the special verdict.

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