Anderson v. Amer. & Foreign Ins. Co‪.‬

1. Insurance - fire policy - insured's refusal to answer questions on matters material to insurer's liability - as authorizing
denial of liability.

Where insured after fire loss did not stand upon denial of liability by insurers and refused to appear for pre-trial examination
under oath as required by policy but signed a non-waiver agreement subsequent to the denial of liability and thereby authorized
the continuance of the investigation including the pre-trial examination, refusal of insured to answer a number of questions
propounded at the examination, some of which were material to a proper investigation and decision of the insurers whether
to pay the claims for loss, authorized the insurers to deny liability under policies.