Nichols v. Pearl Assurance Company Limited

1. A requirement in a policy of fire insurance, that the insured shall submit to an examination under oath touching the matters relating to the risk assumed by the company and the destruction of the property insured, and that he shall subscribe to the same, is binding and valid; and a refusal to comply with this condition will preclude the insured from recovering upon the policy, where it provides that no suit can be maintained until after a compliance with such conditions. Firemen’s Fund Ins. Co. v. Sims, 115 Ga. 939 (42 S. E. 269).

2. Where the plaintiff assigns as a reason for his not…