Carter v. Continental Life Ins. Co.

This is a suit upon a life insurance policy. The insured died in 1937. The proof of death filed by the appellant beneficiary showed that the degree of relationship between the insured and the beneficiary had been misstated in the application and that the beneficiary, instead of being a sister, was a sister-in-law of the insured. The insurance company successfully defended on the ground that appellant had no insurable interest in the life of her brother-in-law and that, the policy having been obtained, and the premiums paid by her, the policy was void ab initio.

There is substantial evidence to…