Lorde v. Guardian Life Insurance

The action is to recover the sum of $15,000 upon a life insurance policy issued by defendant on the life of plaintiff’s husband, Marvin Lorde. Plaintiff is the beneficiary of the policy. In its answer to the complaint, defendant sets up certain alleged misrepresentations made by the insured Marvin Lorde in his written application for the policy in suit. The misrepresentations claimed were that the deceased had stated he had never suffered from illness, disease or injury and that he had not been treated by physicians nor had he consulted with them within five years prior to the time of making…