France v. Firemen's Ins. Co. of Newark, N. J.

WESTERFIELD, Judge.

Miss Marie France brought this suit on a policy of fire insurance against the insurer, Firemen’s Insurance Company of Newark, N. J., claiming $4,000, the face value of the policy less a credit of $2,044.-50, the amount paid to a holder of a mortgage on the property of the insured.

The defendant answered, admitting the issuance of the policy, the destruction of the property by fire, and defended on the ground that the plaintiff was not the sole and unconditional owner of the property as warranted by her in the policy, with the result that there was an increase in the moral…