Newark Fire Insurance v. Reese

1. This is a suit upon a fire-insurance policy which provided that, within 60 days after the destruction of the property by fire, the assured.should render a statement to the insurance company, signed and sworn to by him, stating the loss or damage, the time, the place, and the cause of the damage, etc. A compliance with this provision of the policy was a condition precedent to a recovery; and the evidence adduced upon the trial shows that the proofs of loss submitted to the insurance company were not signed or sworn to by the assured.(a) The policy provided also that “no officer, agent, or…