Tannenbaum v. Connecticut Fire Ins.

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

Plaintiff instituted actions in assumpsit against defendants on three policies of fire insurance. The three cases were tried together and resulted in a verdict totaling $2,000, with interest, apportioned between the respective defendants.

Plaintiff’s statements of claim averred that a fire occurred on plaintiff’s premises on October 12, 1931, causing a loss to plaintiff in the sum of $3,500. The affidavits of defense filed by defendants set up two defenses: (1) That the loss was caused by explosion and not by fire; and (2) that there was no waiver of filing of proofs of…