Swanson v. Provident Insurance

The case was tried on an agreed statement of facts. The policy was issued by the defendant Provident Life Insurance Company, which was engaged in the business of life insurance in Des Moines, Iowa. Since the commencement of this suit, the defendant Standard Life Insurance Company has taken over the assets and assumed the liabilities of the first named company. The policy was issued January 8, 1914, several months prior to the commencement of the war in Europe, and more than two years prior to the entry of the *14United States into the war, and more than three years prior to the Selective Service…