Mudge v. Supreme Court
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to St. Clair; Law, J. Assumpsit by Elizabeth Mudge against the Supreme Court Independent Order of Foresters upon a benefit certificate. There was judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The plaintiff in this cause is a widow, and beneficiary in a fraternal benefit certificate. Her action is brought to recover the amount thereof, and is predicated upon the death of her husband. The defense *468is reduced to one claim, viz., that the deceased made an intentionally false answer, in his medical examination, to the question “ Have you ever had the disease of insanity ?” Upon the trial the learned circuit judge was of the opinion that the undisputed testimony established this defense, and he therefore directed a verdict for the defendant and afterwards denied a motion for new trial.…
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