Stix v. Continental Assurance Co.

In May, 1927, Continental Assurance Company issued a policy of indemnity insurance in favor of Richard N. Stix, agreeing to pay him five hundred dollars per month disability benefits in case of loss of time from his business. More than twelve years later, the insurer having declined to indemnify, Stix brought suit to recover on the policy. The insurer countered with the instant suit to cancel the policy for giving false answers to questions in his application as to prior sickness, use of intoxicants, heart trouble, and in failing to give the names of physicians who had treated him for these…