Reiter v. Michigan Commercial Insurance

Citations

• 61 Pa. Super. 587
• 1915 Pa. Super. LEXIS 375

Syllabus

<p>Insurance — Fire insurance — Fraud—Affidavit of defense.</p> <p>In an action on a policy of fire insurance which provided that the entire policy should be void “in case of any fraud or false swearing by the insured touching any matter relating to this insurance,” an affidavit of defense to a statement specifically charging the loss is sufficient, which charges that the plaintiff on the date that proofs of loss were executed, falsely swore that the loss sustained was $2,600, while in fact the value of the property destroyed did not exceed $700.00.</p>