Security Insurance v. Fay

Campbell, Ch. J., Judgment was rendered against plaintiffs in error on a policy of insurance. The defense, among other things, rested on a forfeiture of the policy by failure to have certain additional insurance consented to by indorsement on the policy, and on a failure to furnish the proofs required by the terms of the policy.

In regard to the latter question, the provisions in the policy do not provide for any forfeiture on account of the failure of the insured to furnish the proofs in the formal manner required, but merely provide that the claim shall not be payable until these several…