This action was commenced to recover the sum of $492,000, the amount of the coverage under a fire insurance policy issued by the defendant, for destruction by fire of a building and its contents located in Sullivan County on January 19, 1973. The defendant's answer included affirmative defenses of arson, increase of hazard, false swearing and willful exaggeration. The jury found in response to the special questions submitted that the fire was an arson caused or procured by...
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