Miller v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance

STARR, Chief Judge.

Beneficiary brought action against insurer on life policy and jury returned verdict for the plaintiff beneficiary. The insured died December 14, 1950, and the defendant denied liability on the ground of alleged fraud and misrepresentation by the insured in his application for the policy.

*124In preparation for the trial of this case, the defendant gave notice that it would take the depositions of Dr. A. E. Brown and Dr. Arthur W. Robinson upon oral examination. The notice stated that the proposed depositions would relate, among other things, to examinations of the insured, Ben…