379.165. Construction of warranties of fact made in application. - Missouri Statutes

Construction of warranties of fact made in application.

379.165. The warranty of any fact or condition hereaftermade by any person in his or her application for insuranceagainst loss by fire, tornado or cyclone, which application, orany part thereof, shall thereafter be made a part of a policy ofinsurance, by being attached thereto, or by being referred totherein, or by being incorporated in such policy, shall, if notmaterial to the risk insured against, be deemed, held andconstrued as representations only, in any suit brought at law orin equity in any of the courts of this state, upon such policy toenforce payment thereof, on account of loss of or damage to anyproperty insured by such policy.

(RSMo 1939 § 5934)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 5823; 1919 § 6233; 1909 § 7024