Anastasio v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

Plaintiff, Bose Anastasio, sued as beneficiary in a policy of life insurance issued November 1, 1937, wherein the defendant company insured the .life of her husband, Michael Anastasio, in the amount of $1295. The insured, aged forty-five at the date the policy issued, died May 3, 1938, from a disease of the gall bladder and carcinoma of the stomach. The policy was issued after an examination of the insured by the company’s medical examiner and upon the written application of the insured signed by him on September 28, 1937, and attached to the policy.

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