Fink v. La Crosse Mutual Fire Insurance

The policies in question contained the following provision, which is required under the standard fire insurance policy law of Wisconsin:

‘‘Thi-s entire policy shall be void if the insured has concealed, or misrepresented any material fact or circumstance concerning this -insurance or the subject thereof, or in case of.any fraud orHfalse swearing by the insured touching any mafter relating- to this insurance or the subject thereof, whether before or after a loss.”

This court has held in F. Dohmen Co. v. Niagara Fire Ins. Co. 96 Wis. 38, 71 N. W. 69:

“Any .trick, artifice, or deception practiced…