Bankers Life Co. v. Bennett

The 'petition and amendment of the plaintiff are in the form for an action to cancel a policy of insurance on the ground that it was procured by false and fraudulent representations. The policy bore date of April 20, 1932, and, among other things, it is alleged in plaintiff’s petition that the policyholder committed suicide on the 26th day of February, 1934. The defendant filed an answer to plaintiff’s petition, in which she made numerous admissions and'denials, and alleged that she was entitled to recover on the policy the full amount thereof in the sum of $6,000. As a part of said answer,…