Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance v. Crampton

The offer to show on cross-examination of the plaintiff a fraudulent overvaluation of the property insured at the time he made his application should have been admitted. Notice was given with the plea of the general issue that the defendant would give in evidence that the plaintiff was guilty of fraud in procuring the insurance. The accuracy required in special pleading has never been' applied to a notice of special defense, and to so hold would defeat the very object in view in thus simplifying the rules of pleading. It is sufficient if such, a notice fairly apprises the plaintiff of the…