Lee v. Prudential Life Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
This is an action upon a policy of life insurance in which the plaintiff is named as the beneficiary. The policy states that a part of the consideration for the agreement of the insurance company is “the application for this policy, which is hereby made a part of this contract.” The application itself, which was annexed to the policy, was signed by George H. Lee, the insured, and it contained a statement that the application should “become a part of the contract for insurance hereby applied for.” The policy and the application together constitute the contract between the parties, and both…
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