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The LESSEE shall not insure against fire the chattels, merchandise, textiles, Therefore, respondent CKS cannot, under the Insurance Code a special law
goods and effects placed at any stall or store or space in the leased be validly a beneficiary of the fire insurance policy taken by the Sps. over
premises without first obtaining the written consent and approval of the their merchandise. This insurable interest over said merchandise remains
LESSOR. If the LESSEE obtain(s) the insurance thereof without the consent with the insured, the Cha spouses. The automatic assignment of the policy to
of the LESSOR then the policy is deemed assigned and transferred to the CKS under the provision of the lease contract previously quoted is void for
LESSOR for its own benefit being contrary to law and/or public policy. The proceeds of the fire insurance
policy thus rightfully belong to the spouses and the insurer cannot be
3. Notwithstanding the above stipulation, Sps. insured against loss by compelled to pay the proceeds to a person who has no insurable interest.
fire their merchandise inside the leased premises for P500k with the
United Insurance without the written consent of CKS. The liability of the Cha spouses to CKS for violating their lease contract in
that Cha spouses obtained a fire insurance policy over their own
4. On the day that the lease contract was to expire, fire broke out inside merchandise, without the consent of CKS, is a separate and distinct issue
the leased premises. which we do not resolve in this case.
5. When CKS learned of the insurance, it wrote the insurer a demand
letter asking that the proceeds of the insurance contract be paid DISPOSITION: WHEREFORE, the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-
directly to CKS, based on its lease contract with Cha spouses. G.R. CV No. 39328 is SET ASIDE and a new decision is hereby entered,
awarding the proceeds of the fire insurance policy to petitioners Nilo Cha and
6. United refused to pay CKS. Hence, the latter filed a complaint Stella Uy-Cha.
against the Cha spouses and United.
7. RTC: ordered United and Sps. to pay CKS; CA: affirmed, but deleted
awards for exemplary damages and attorneys fees
ISSUES: W/N paragraph 18 of the lease contract entered into between CKS
and the Cha spouses is valid