Langdeau v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract upon two policies of insurance for $250 each issued upon the same application on the life of Arthur Paquette and made payable to one Romeo Paquette, which after the death of the insured were assigned to the plaintiff, Leon Langdeau.
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Contract upon two policies of insurance for $250 each issued upon the same application on the life of Arthur Paquette and made payable to one Romeo Paquette, which after the death of the insured were assigned to the plaintiff, Leon Langdeau. Writ dated June 19, 1905. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Croshg, J. At the trial, the plaintiff put in evidence the policies' of insurance, the proof of the death of the insured, proof of payment of all premiums due up to the date of the death of the insured, proof that Romeo Paquette was the beneficiary under the terms of the policies…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The answer among other defences specifically alleged that under the application the representations of the insured that he never used intoxicating liquors, or, if so, that he never had used them to excess, and that he had not been rejected or “postponed” by any other insurance company, or society, were false, and being either fraudulently made, or material to the risk, avoided the policy. R. L. c. 173, § 27. Kidder v. Order of the Golden Cross, 192 Mass. 326. The admissibility of these representations depends upon the correctness of the ruling, that the proposal for insurance formed no part…
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