Urban Cigar Legend

"A man bought several boxes of cigars and had them insured against fire. When he had smoked them, he put in a claim against the insurance company that they had been destroyed by fire.

The company refused to pay, and the man sued. The judge ruled that the company had given the man a policy protecting against fire, and must pay.

As soon as the man accepted the money, the company had him arrested on a charge of arson."

Do you know where this originated? Snopes.com says that it originated from a book published in 1965. Interesting how an old story can get new legs on the internet