Johnson v. Des Moines Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. — Hon. H. Bank, Jr., Judge. Action to: recover upon a policy of life insurance issued by the 'defendant on the life of L. May Johnson, upon her application in writing therefor. Defendant answered, alleging among other things that certain statements made in said application as true, and upon which defendant relied, were false, fraudulent, and untrue, and known to. said applicant, at the time they, were made, to be false, fraudulent, and untrue.
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Appeal from Lee District Court. — Hon. H. Bank, Jr., Judge. Action to: recover upon a policy of life insurance issued by the 'defendant on the life of L. May Johnson, upon her application in writing therefor. Defendant answered, alleging among other things that certain statements made in said application as true, and upon which defendant relied, were false, fraudulent, and untrue, and known to. said applicant, at the time they, were made, to be false, fraudulent, and untrue. On the trial the defendant, to- prove the statements made, offered, said application in evidence, to which the…
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.
— I. Said section 1733 of McClain’s Code is as follows: “All insurance companies or associations shall, upon the issue, or renewal of any policy, attach to such policy, or endorse thereon, a true copy •of any application or representation of the assured, which, by the terms of such policy are made a part thereof, or of the contract of insurance, or referred to therein, or which may in any manner affect the vhlidity of such policy. The omission so to do shall not render the policy invalid, but if any company or association .neglects to comply with the requirements of this section, it shall…
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