Taylor v. Supreme Lodge of Columbian League
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Calhoun; Winsor, J. Assumpsit by Ida E. Taylor against the Supreme Lodge of the Columbian League on a benefit certificate. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
The plaintiff sued and recovered on an insurance certificate issued to her husband, John I. Taylor, in which plaintiff was named as beneficiary. The two main defenses insisted upon at the trial were: First, *232that John I. Taylor falsely stated in his application for insurance that he had had no illness within the preceding 10 years, and had not consulted a physician; and, second, that the insured had not paid the dues for the month during which his death occurred.
As to the question arising out of the first contention, it may be stated that a' waiver of this defense was clearly made out. After…
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