Henderson v. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance

1. In a suit upon a life-insurance policy, where the defendant pleaded that the policy was void because the insured in his application had given materially false answers to the questions, “Have you been disabled or received medical or surgical attention within the past five year's?” and “Have you consulted a doctor for any cause not included in the above answers?”, it was permissible for the defendant to prove that a few months before applying for the insurance the insured made to third persons declarations contrary to the facts stated in the application, the same being admissible as…