Rice v. New York Life Insurance Co.

Peterson, Justice.

Plaintiff sues to recover disability benefits under two life insurance policies, both of which were issued upon plaintiff’s application dated December IS, 1925. The disability which plaintiff claims entitles him to the benefits was caused by tuberculosis.

The defense is false statements in the application. Plaintiff answered all the questions truthfully except those relating to medical consultation and treatment to be presently mentioned. He stated that his mother, father, and an adult brother died of tuberculosis, that another brother died of typhoid fever, and two sisters…