McBride v. Acme Industrial Life Ins. Soc.

ODOM, Justice.

Plaintiff is the beneficiary under an industrial life insurance policy on the life of George McBride. The policy was issued on September 19, 1932, and he died on November 19 of that year; the cause of death being cancer of the stomach. The insurance company refused to pay the amount of the policy to the beneficiary and she brought suit. The defense urged by the company was that, at the time the deceased made application for the policy, he warranted that he was in good health, and that it was discovered after the issuance of the policy that at the time he made the application he…