American Ins. Co. of Newark, N.J. v. Fuller

Action by plaintiff, appellee, against defendant, an insurance company, to recover for loss by fire under a policy of insurance, issued by defendant.

The defendant pleaded the general issue, and a special plea, in which it alleged that the plaintiff willfully burned, or willfully and’ knowingly caused to be burned, the insured property, the recovery for which is made the basis of the action. The residence was destroyed by fire on the 25th day of November, 1929, and the barn and crib about eight or ten days later. No one, so far as the evidence discloses, was in the house at the time it was…