Mick v. Corp. of Royal Exchange Assurance of London, England
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Parker, J.
The question to he determined is whether the forfeiture clause in a standardized fire insurance policy, making it void “in case of any fraud or false swearing by the insured touching any matter relating to this insurance or the subject thereof, whether before or after a loss,” is under any circumstances available to the company after a loss when there is fraud in the claim committed by an agent of the insured without specific knowledge thereof or assent thereto by the insured himself, and if so, whether the circumstances of this J . * case…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Insurance Cos. v. ScalesTennessee Supreme Court · 1899
- Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance v. HogueSupreme Court of Virginia · 1906
- Nelson v. Traders' Insurance Co. of Chicago, Ill.New York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Evans v. Crawford County Farmers' Mutual Fire InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
- Mullin v. Vt. Mutual Fire Ins.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1886
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- National Union Fire Ins. Co. v. SchwabSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
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