Sweney v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance

Appellee brought her action to recover on two insurance policies issued by the appellant upon the life of her husband, Merle A. Sweney, and in which the appellee is the named beneficiary. One policy is for $5,000, dated January 2, 1926, and the second policy is for the sum of $15,000, dated July 6, 1926. The general provisions of the policies, among other things, provide that all statements of the insured, in applying for the policies, shall,. in the absence of fraud, be deemed representations and not warranties; that if within one year from date the insured shall die * * * by his own hand,…