Salganik v. United States Fire Insurance

The bill in equity praying for the cancelation of the insurance policy will be first considered. The policy contained the following clause: “This policy shall be void ... if the insured shall make any attempt to defraud the company, either before or after the loss.”

The company in its bill alleges that the insured has falsely and fraudulently stated that he had goods and merchandise in the store at the time of the fire, which were not then there, and has demanded that the company pay him for the destruction of such property; that he has falsely and fraudulently claimecl that the value of his…