Kantor Silk Mills, Inc. v. Century Insurance

The evidence discloses that the claim of plaintiff’s fire loss was fraudulently inflated in the proofs of loss made in plaintiff’s behalf. At an examination of Kantor, plaintiff’s president, and of Bluth, plaintiff’s secretary and treasurer, held pursuant to the terms of the policy, both of said officials willfully testified falsely as to several material matters; in particular, that the inventory delivered by the plaintiff as a part of its proof of loss did not contain the so-called “ Shapiro returns.” Kantor on his examination testified that he knew the “ Shapiro returns ” were not included…