Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Joye

Mrs. Louise F. Joye sued Metropolitan Life Insurance Company on two policies insuring the life of her husband, Charles M. Joye/ deceased. The company defended on the ground that the policies were void from their inception because the insured made certain false statements, material to the risks, in his written applications which were made a part of the policies. These statements -were that (a) he was in good health; (b) the last time he was sick, suffering with la grippe for a week, was in January 1944; (c) he had not been treated for heart trouble; (d) he never had a disease of the heart; (e)…