Missouri State Life Insurance v. Cranford

Hart, J.,

(after stating the facts). Each of the policies of insurance sued on was issued by the defendant on the 29th day of May, 1918, and the insured, Bur-rel A. Cranford, died on the 6th day of January, 1919. Proof of death- of the insured was given to the defendant by the wife, who was the beneficiary in each policy. Payment was refused by the company on the ground that the insurance had been procured -by false representations of a material character which had been made by the insured in his application for the purpose of procuring the policies of insurance.

No answer was filed to the…