Modern Woodmen of America v. Miles
Indiana Supreme Court
From Superior Court of Marion County (74,503) ; P. W. Bartholomew, Judge. Action by Mamie D. Miles against the Modern Woodmen of America. From a judgment for plaintiff, tbe defendant appeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1405 Burns 1908, Acts 1901 p. 590.)
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, C. J.
Suit by appellee against appellant on a benefit certificate issued by it on October 5, 1906, to appellee’s husband, James H. Miles, providing for the payment of $2,000 to appellee on the death of her husband.
The certificate was issued on an application signed by decedent, on September 27, 1906. This application contained numerous questions to be answered by the applicant, and the answers were warranted to be full, complete and lit*107erally true, and it was agreed that the exact, literal truth of each of the answers should he a condition precedent to any liability on the part of appellant.
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