Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Carter

This bill vías filed to cancel an insurance contract for fraud, concealment, and misrepresentation of material facts by the insured, and to enjoin the prosecution of a law action by the beneficiary to recover the benefits under the policy.

On the 4th day of February, 1927, the plaintiff issued a policy of insurance in the amount of $1,000 on the life of Ish Moore. The defendant was named as beneficiary. The theory of the bill is that, in his written application of date January 30, 1927, the insured falsely represented that his present health was good, that he had not been treated by a…