New York Supreme Court May 15, 1865 (Tallman v. Atlantic Fire & Marine Insurance)

By the court, Potter, J.

It was an express provision of the contract of insurance in this case, and so expressed in the policy, that “ in case of. any sale, transfer or change of title in the property insured, such insurance shall he void *86and cease.” The title of the insured property, as well as the possession of it, was changed from “ Sturtevant, Son & Co.