Priest v. Kansas City Life Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

On January 26, 1914, a policy for $10,000 upon the life of Wilson R. Priest, a physician and surgeon of Concordia, fifty-three years of age, was issued by the Kansas City Life Insurance Company, whose principal office was in Kansas City, Mo. Doctor Priest died November 9,1914. His widow recovered a judgment upon the policy and the company appeals.

Payment of the policy was resisted on the ground that death resulted from kidney disease and palpitation of the heart, and that in the application the insured had falsely represented that he was in…