Inter-Southern Life Insurance v. McQuarie

Y. H. McQuarie, as administrator upon the estate of John F. Smith, brought suit against the defendant insurance company, to recover on a policy of insurance for $10,000 which the *234deceased secured in Ms lifetime, and to cancel a certain deed given by the insured to the insurance company to secure a loan of $10,-000, the plaintiff insisting that one claim was offset by the other. The defendant answered the petition, averring among other things that the insurance policy was void because of certain representations made by the insured in an application for reinstatement of the insurance policy (it…