Cronenwett

This is an appeal by the defendants from a judgment against them in an action upon two policies of insurance against fire issued by the defendant companies to plaintiffs. The plaintiff A. E. Cronenwett was the owner of the real property covered by said policies, and Louise Guenther, the other party plaintiff, was the owner of the mortgage upon said property.

[1] The first objection of the appellants is that the trial court erred in holding that the policies of insurance were not invalidated by a change of possession of the insured prop-

erty after the issuance of the policies. The facts relating to this objection, as found by the court, are: During the year 1914, the plaintiff A. E. Cronenwett leased the insured building to Messrs. Warren and Nelson, who organized a country club known as the “Automobile Country Club,” which occupied the insured building, Warren and Nelson being its managers. Thereafter, in 1915, one King succeeded Warren and Nelson as manager of the club and a lease of the building was executed to him. Thereafter, the insurance policies were issued by the defendants. In the early part of 1916 one D. W. Markin succeeded King as manager of the club and the lease…