Albert L. Adelman and Eleanor Adelman v. St. Louis Fire and Marine Inusrance Company

This is a fire insurance case, in which several defenses were raised against claims made by plaintiffs-appellants for losses due to partial destruction of a house and its contents. The District Court, after a trial without a jury, held that appellants were barred because they had failed to file written proof of loss within sixty days as required by the policy. Judgment was entered for defendant-appellee, and this appeal followed.

We are constrained to affirm. The requirement of filing formal proof of loss within sixty days is printed in bold face type in the policy, and the evidence is…