Giannelli v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

This is an action of contract by the beneficiary under a policy of life insurance for $5,000, issued by the defendant on September 17, 1936, to an unmarried medical student then nearly twenty-four years old. He died on January 16, 1937, of heart disease caused by hypertension of the arteries. Section 4 of the “Provisions and Benefits” in the policy is as follows: “Entire Contract: — This Policy and the application therefor, a copy of which is attached hereto as a part hereof, constitute the entire contract between the parties, and all statements made by the Insured shall, in the absence of…