SHOOT v. HILL.

(1936) 55 Ll.L.Rep. 29

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Branson.

Insurance - Jewellers' block policy - Burglary - Fire - Claim by plaintiff under policy-Allegation that premises were entered and contents stolen and that part of the remaining stock had been damaged by fire-Contentions by defendant underwriters: that no burglary in fact took place; that assuming there was a burglary, the claim was knowingly exaggerated and fraudulent; and that two conditions precedent of the policy had not been fulfilled by the plaintiff in that (a) no "proper stock and account books in which all sales and purchases are recorded" were kept, and (b) the burglar alarm which the policy conditions required had not been put into full and proper operation-Onus of proof.