Linscott v. Orient Insurance

The plaiutiff was insured in the defendant company to the amout of five hundred dollars upon .his stock of goods contained in a frame store. This store with all its contents was wholly destroyed by fire. The policy of insurance contained the following clause: "This entire policy shall be *498void if the insured has concealed or misrepresented, in writing or otherwise, any material fact or circumstance concerning the insurance or the subject thereof, or if the interest of the insured in the property be not truly stated herein, or in case of any fraud or false swearing touching any matter relating…